CVE-2001-1593

lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

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

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.8–6.8

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
gnu a2ps≤ 4.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps= 4.10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps= 4.10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps= 4.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps= 4.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps= 4.13bnvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-04-05modified 2026-06-16

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references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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