CVE-2001-0946: Red Hat Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 7.2 only

Published 2001-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.