CVE-2001-0109
lowpriority · track · 15OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
2 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
0.75% (55th) EPSS
CVSS 1.2 · low
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
1.2
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-20554SuSE 6.x/7.0 - MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20555SuSE 6.x/7.0 - MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition (2)functional · exploit_db
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affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2001-03-12modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0226.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0272.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2207enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5945enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0226.htmlExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0272.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2207ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5945nvd
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