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CVE-2001-0890· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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 file

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.

LowCVSS 2.1 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 11, 2001
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 30th percentile
CWE
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Action score

8

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sanesane

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • sane sane1.0.0
  • sane sane1.0.1
  • sane sane1.0.2
  • sane sane1.0.3
  • sane sane1.0.4
  • sane sane1.0.5
  • sane sane1.0.6

Same product

sane: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2003-0773saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier does not check the IP address of the connecting host during the SANE_NET_INIT RPC call, which allow
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0774saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier does not quickly handle connection drops, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0776saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier does not properly "check the validity of the RPC numbers it gets before getting the parameters," wi
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0775saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier calls malloc with an arbitrary size value if a connection is dropped before the size value has been
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0777saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier, when debug messages are enabled, does not properly handle dropped connections, which can prevent s
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2003-0778saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier, and possibly later versions, does not properly allocate memory in certain cases, which could allow
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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