CVE-2001-0890

Certain backend drivers in the SANE library 1.0.3 and earlier, as used in frontend software such as XSane, allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2001-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0890 is rated Low Risk (16.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0890

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.05%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0890

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0890

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0890

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0890

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0890

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sane sane 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0890

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