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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.059Z
Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0946
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2001-12-04T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:56.843
Link: CVE-2001-0946
Redhat
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