PT-2001-1917 · Washington University · Pico Editor+1

Published 2001-10-12 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-0736

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pine versions prior to 4.33 pico editor (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations: For pine versions prior to 4.33, update to version 4.33 or later. For the pico editor, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0736

Affected Products

Pico Editor

Pine

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20493 · Exploit
• http://linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3?dis=8.0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0736 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98749102621604&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6367 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99106787825229&w=2 · Note