CVE-2001-0946

Published Dec 4, 2001

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: apmscript in Apmd in Red Hat 7.2 "Enigma" allows local users to create or change the modification dates of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the LOW_POWER temporary file, which could be used to cause a denial of service, e.g. by creating /etc/nologin and disabling logins.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.6
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E562907F-D915-4030-847A-3C6834A80D4E"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References