CVE-2001-0946 — LOW severity vulnerability (apmscript in Apmd in Red Hat 7.2 "Enigma" allows local users)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0946 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 3.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-12-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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