Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2000-0890
periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.2% 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
- FreeBSD — versions 6.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2325 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/1754 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6047 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626919 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)