Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2000-0595
libedit searches for the .editrc file in the current directory instead of the user's home directory, which may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc in another directory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
References
- www.osvdb.org/1446 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0035.html (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1437 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)