Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0635 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux 7.1

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
redhat

Summary

Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Redhat
1

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2001:058