CVE-2001-0635

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6493

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-058.html

http://www.osvdb.org/5564

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N