Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0718

Title: MandrakeUpdate race allows tampering with RPMs in /tmp

Arbitrary file modification / privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0718.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 20, 2000

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 1.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0718: A race condition in MandrakeUpdate allows local users to modify RPM files while they are in the /tmp directory before they are installed.

Impacted Vendors

mandrakesoft 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0146.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1567 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0146.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1567

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

1.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0718 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 2000 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:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.