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CVE-2001-0946

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Low
Base Score: 3.6/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56389
http://www.osvdb.org/5493
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100743394701962&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8268