CVE-2001-0119 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in getty_ps 2.0.7j, affecting various Immunix, Mandrake, and Red Hat Linux distributions. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a high attack complexity and only a partial impact on integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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