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CVE-2001-0109

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Suse Linux: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0

References

• 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
• 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

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