CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0120

1.2 LOW Published 2001-03-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-03-12
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected configurations

• immunix immunix 7.0 beta • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.2 • redhat linux 7.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2 marc.info
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-007.php3 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2196 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5927 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2 marc.info
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-007.php3 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2196 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5927 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com