CVE-2001-0946

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8268

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56389

http://www.osvdb.org/5493

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100743394701962&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00041