VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0566
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- caldera/openlinux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux · redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.