LOW
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222
Published Sep 30, 2013
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00340
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00340
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 11.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/97769 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://osvdb.org/97769 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Sep 30, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 26, 2013
Link CVE-2013-1444
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a