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CVE-2001-1494

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

5.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2001-1494 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Kernel Util-linux, published December 31, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. Fixed in util-linux 2.11n-1.

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.43%Down 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
CVE-2001-1494
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
CVE-2001-1494
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-1471 No score

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
EUVD-2001-1471
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gpj-8888-5722 5.5

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
GHSA-8gpj-8888-5722
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
CVE-2001-1494
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2001-1494 5.5

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1494
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
util-linux
Debian:12
 before 2.11n-1
2.11n-1
util-linux
Debian:13
 before 2.11n-1
2.11n-1
util-linux
Debian:14
 before 2.11n-1
2.11n-1
losetup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
mount
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
losetup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
mount
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
losetup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
mount
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
losetup
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
mount
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
 before 0:2.11y-31.11
0:2.11y-31.11
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
util-linux-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.12a-16.EL4.12
0:2.12a-16.EL4.12

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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