rctab in SuSE 7.0 and earlier allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rctmp temporary file.

Published 25 y ago 2001-03-12 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

1.2

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.8%

percentile 55%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

rctab in SuSE 7.0 and earlier allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rctmp temporary file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.75% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

EDB-20555 SuSE 6.x/7.0 - MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition (2) · local · 2001-01-13
EDB-20554 SuSE 6.x/7.0 - MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition (1) · local · 2001-01-13

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	1.2	`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0226.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0272.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/5945 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/2207 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

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