Vulnerability in Helix Code GNOME Installer
CVE-2000-0723
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc, /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc, and /etc/rc.config.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.5% 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 Installer — versions 0.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)