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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suse_linux | Novell | 10.0 (including) | 10.0 (including) |
| Suse_linux | Suse | 9.0 (including) | 9.0 (including) |
| Suse_linux | Suse | 9.1 (including) | 9.1 (including) |
| Suse_linux | Suse | 9.2 (including) | 9.2 (including) |
| Suse_linux | Suse | 9.3 (including) | 9.3 (including) |