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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-06-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c169789bf02a0f64f50acbb5f864da422af36c77cd8a6132b89f78aa89c7c50d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com16280http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16280
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:782http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-782.html
- seclists.org20011212 Silly 'script' hardlink bughttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0123.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10723https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10723
- seclists.org20011213 Silly 'script' hardlink bug - fixedhttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0122.html
- secunia.com16785http://secunia.com/advisories/16785
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comutil-linux-script-hardlink(7718)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7718
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htm
- secunia.com18502http://secunia.com/advisories/18502
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- util-linux Fixed in 2.11n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- util-linux Fixed in 2.11n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- util-linux Fixed in 2.11n-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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