CVE-2005-3321 | BDVDB-2026-12942 Detail

Description#

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.osvdb.org/20263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17290/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-10-27Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.