VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-1018
shred 1.0 file wiping utility does not properly open a file for overwriting or flush its buffers, which prevents shred from properly replacing the file's data and allows local users to recover the file.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
shred 1.0 file wiping utility does not properly open a file for overwriting or flush its buffers, which prevents shred from properly replacing the file's data and allows local users to recover the file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mendel cooper/shred
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97119799515246&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97131166004145&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1788Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5722
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97119799515246&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97131166004145&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1788Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5722
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.