CVE-2001-0946

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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: 2001-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

RedHat Linux: 7.2

References

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
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

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