Vulnerability in Minicom
CVE-2000-0698
Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Minicom — versions 1.82.0, 1.82.1, 1.83.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/77361 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5151 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1599 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)