Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0566

Title: makewhatis symlink attack allows arbitrary file overwrite

Arbitrary file overwrite

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0566.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 03, 2000
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0566: makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Impacted Vendors

C
caldera 1
C
cyrix 1
M
mandrakesoft 1
C
conectiva 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0566 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.