CVE

CVE-2000-0566

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/07/2000
Last modified:
03/05/2018

Description

makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

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