{"cve":"CVE-2001-1593","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-05T21:55:06.097","modified":"2026-06-16T21:56:33.777","status":"Modified","description":"The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257","http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892"],"products":["gnu:a2ps"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2001-1593","score":0.00396,"percentile":0.33824,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}