VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-1494
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- kernel/util-linux · avaya/cvlan · avaya/integrated management suit · avaya/interactive response · avaya/intuity lx · avaya/message networking · avaya/messaging storage server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0122.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0123.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16785Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18502Broken Link
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htmThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-782.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16280Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7718Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10723Broken Link
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0122.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0123.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16785Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18502Broken Link
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htmThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-782.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16280Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7718Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10723Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.