CVE-2001-0109 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

rctab in SuSE 7.0 and earlier allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rctmp temporary file.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 1.2 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0109	rctab in SuSE 7.0 and earlier allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rctmp temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00315.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0226.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0272.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2207
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5945

History

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Subscriptions

Suse Suse Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.368Z

Reserved: 2001-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0109

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-03-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0109

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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