CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0566

7.2 HIGH Published 2000-07-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-07-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Affected configurations

• caldera openlinux 2.3 • caldera openlinux 2.4 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 7.1 • redhat linux 5.2 • redhat linux 6.0 • redhat linux 6.1 • redhat linux 6.2

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