01 Record
CVE-2000-0566
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-07-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cb50aff7441dfc89ca8a9f3fdca7d8165ad1eb14e40cedeadccc573a608b4ee8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2000-021.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt
- frontal2.mandriva.comMDKSA-2000:015http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:041http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-man-makewhatis-tmp(4900)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900
- archives.neohapsis.com20000727 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - MANhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html
- www.securityfocus.com1434http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1434