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CVE-2001-1494

medium

Description

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7718

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htm

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0123.html

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0122.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-31

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00044