CVE-2000-1018

Current Description

shred 1.0 file wiping utility does not properly open a file for overwriting or flush its buffers, which prevents shred from properly replacing the file's data and allows local users to recover the file.

Basic Data

Published	December 11, 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	LOW
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	PARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	NONE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	2.1
Severity	LOW
Exploitability Score	3.9
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	Mendel Cooper	Shred	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mendel Cooper	Shred	1.0

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
20001010 Shred 1.0 Bug Report	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97119799515246&w=2	BUGTRAQ
20001011 Shred v1.0 Fix	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97131166004145&w=2	BUGTRAQ
1788	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1788	BID	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
shred-recover-files(5722)	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5722	XF