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CVE-2005-3321

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a fil

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00031
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Affected Products & Versions

2
novell suse linuxall versions
suse linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD27 Oct 2005 · 10:02 AM
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/17290/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853
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