CVE-2000-0715 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Published: 2000-09-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kirk_bauer:diskcheck:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:::::::*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Powertools 6.2
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:6.2	RHSA-2000:122	2000-12-01T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Powertools 7.0
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:7.0	RHSA-2000:122	2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0711	DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0082.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0096.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jun/0298.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1552
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0715
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0715

History

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Subscriptions

Conectiva Linux

Kirk Bauer Diskcheck

Redhat Powertools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-09-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:40.779Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0715

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0715

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0715 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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