Description
Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.
Published: 2002-03-09
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0626 Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:05.969Z

Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0635

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-14T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0635

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2001-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0635 - Bugzilla

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