CVE-2001-0946 | BDVDB-2026-4273 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12002-06-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.