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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-21T04:00:00

Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2001-1494

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-01-26T17:16:52.537


Link: CVE-2001-1494

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CWE