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CVE-2001-1092

🗓️ 15 Mar 2002 05:00:00Reported by mitreType 
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Local user can read the first line of files via symlink attack on .mh_profile file in Digital UNIX

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ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
$1path~/.mh_profileSymlink-based information disclosure via msgchk: by symlinking a target file to ~/.mh_profile, an attacker can cause msgchk to read the first line of the target file when run with the user's privileges.
$1binary/usr/bin/mh/msgchkInformation disclosure via msgchk reading a file path supplied as its argument; occurs when the user’s home .mh_profile is symlinked to a sensitive file.

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16 Jun 2026 21:55Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 22.1
EPSS0.01107
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