CVE-2000-0698

Current Description

Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.

Basic Data

Published	October 20, 2000
Last Modified	October 10, 2017
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	NETWORK
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	LOW
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	5.0
Severity	MEDIUM
Exploitability Score	10.0
Impact Score	2.9
Obtain All Privilege	false
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version Start Including	Version End Including	Version Start Excluding	Version End Excluding
2.3	Application	Minicom	Minicom	1.82.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Minicom	Minicom	1.82.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Minicom	Minicom	1.83.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Minicom	Minicom	1.83.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Minicom	Minicom	1.82.0, 1.82.1, 1.83.0, 1.83.1

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
20000819 RH 6.1 / 6.2 minicom vulnerability	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/77361	BUGTRAQ	Vendor Advisory
1599	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1599	BID	Exploit Vendor Advisory
minicom-capture-groupown(5151)	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5151	XF