CVE-2001-0120

CVE-2001-0120 relates to the shadow-utils package, specifically the useradd component. The vulnerability arises from insecure temporary file handling: useradd creates temporary files in /etc/default with predictable names. If /etc/default is world-writable, an attacker could perform a symbolic-li...

CVE-2001-0120: Undefined Security Weakness

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