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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.298Z
Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-1494

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-1494
