{"id":"CVE-2001-0946","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-0946","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:12.735Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2001-12-04T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":3.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["redhat/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0041,"percentile":0.34994,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100743394701962&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/5493","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56389","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8268","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100743394701962&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/5493","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56389","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8268","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0946","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}