CVE-2001-0635 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files cr)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0635 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-08-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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