Vulnerability in Conectiva Linux
CVE-2000-0715
DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/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: 0.004 (33.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Conectiva Linux — versions 5.0, 5.1
- Kirk Bauer Diskcheck — versions 3.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0096.html (mailing-list)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jun/0298.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1552 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0082.html (mailing-list)