CVE-2000-0724

Current Description

The go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer files.

Basic Data

PublishedOctober 20, 2000
Last ModifiedSeptember 05, 2008
Assignercve@mitre.org
Data TypeCVE
Data FormatMITRE
Data Version4.0
Problem TypeNVD-CWE-Other
CVE Data Version4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector StringAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 2 - Access VectorLOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access ComplexityHIGH
CVSS 2 - AuthenticationNONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality ImpactCOMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Availability ImpactCOMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Base Score6.2
SeverityMEDIUM
Exploitability Score1.9
Impact Score10.0
Obtain All Privilegetrue
Obtain User Privilegefalse
Obtain Other Privilegefalse

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

  • OR - Configuration 1
    Cpe VersionPartVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguageSW EditionTarget SWTarget HWOtherVersion Start IncludingVersion End IncludingVersion Start ExcludingVersion End Excluding
    2.3ApplicationHelix CodeGo-gnome Pre-installer1.5*******

Vulnerable Software List

VendorProductVersions
Helix Code Go-gnome Pre-installer 1.5

References

NameSourceURLTags
20000829 More Helix Code installation problems (go-gnome)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0351.htmlBUGTRAQVendor Advisory
20000829 Helix Code Security Advisory - go-gnome pre-installerhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0356.htmlBUGTRAQPatch Vendor Advisory
1622http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1622BIDPatch Vendor Advisory