CVE-2001-0946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0929	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.059Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-04T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0946

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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