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CVE-2001-0635

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 7.1

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/5564
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-058.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6493
• http://www.osvdb.org/5564
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-058.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6493

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