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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0929 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.059Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0946

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-12-04T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0946

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