{"cve":"CVE-2006-6939","nvd":{"published":"2007-01-17T00:28:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:34:05.243","status":"Modified","description":"GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449","http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450","http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890","http://secunia.com/advisories/23832","http://secunia.com/advisories/23848"],"products":["gnu:ed"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:44:49.019236172+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-6939","score":0.0039,"percentile":0.33119,"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."]}