CVE-2000-0816
Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.90% probability · 60th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 October 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-056.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1785
- http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise64.phpVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5320
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-056.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1785
- http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise64.phpVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5320
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.