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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0120

CVE-2001-0120

Description

useradd program in shadow-utils program may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

7

Immunix/Immunix
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Mandrakesoft/Mandrake Linux5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

4

www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-007.php3nvdPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2196nvdPatchVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5927nvd

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