Vulnerability in Helix Code GNOME Updater
CVE-2000-0722
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Helix Code GNOME Updater — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1593 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0240.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)