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CVE-2001-0120
useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Low1.2EPSS 0.30%
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- mitre
Description
useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20010110 Immunix OS Security update for lots of temp file problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- shadow-utils-useradd-symlink(5927) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 2196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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