CVE-2001-0906

mediumpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.95% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 6.2 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.6–7.5

v2.06.2mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 10

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.05.6mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-345USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20990teTeX 1.0.7 - Filters Temporary File Race Conditionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7.1fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 6.2fstec_bduRU
tetex tetex≤ 1.0.7.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-06-22modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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