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 execute the script command.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16280
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-782.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0123.html
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10723
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0122.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/16785
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7718
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htm
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18502
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (7)
avaya/cvlan
avaya/integrated_management_suit
avaya/interactive_response
avaya/intuity_lx
avaya/message_networking
avaya/messaging_storage_server
kernel/util-linux
< 2.11n
Published
Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026