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CVE-2001-1494
script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 16280 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20011212 Silly 'script' hardlink bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20011213 Silly 'script' hardlink bug - fixed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- util-linux-script-hardlink(7718) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-014.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18502 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-1471 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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