CVE-2001-1494

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3