01 Record
CVE-2000-1162
ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users 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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.0% 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
- 2001-01-22 05:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-12-14
- 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
- e2785d0b59ff0a72c53cf94ce4ebe6659114d0ac4bf7162bff3b26ee771b07a9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-041http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-041.0.txt
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:074http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-074.php3
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:114http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-114.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLSA-2000:343http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000343
- www.securityfocus.com1990http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1990
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comghostscript-sym-link(5563)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5563
- www.debian.org20001123 ghostscript: symlink attackhttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001123