Vulnerability in Redhat Linux

CVE-2001-0946

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Redhat Linux — versions 7.2
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)