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CVE-2001-0946

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 2001-12-04 Modified: 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 Platforms

Redhat Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References