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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00

Updated: 2002-06-16T00:00:00

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


Link: CVE-2001-0946

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:56.843


Link: CVE-2001-0946

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