CVE - CVE-2000-0724

CVE-ID
CVE-2000-0724	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:1622 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1622 BUGTRAQ:20000829 Helix Code Security Advisory - go-gnome pre-installer URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0356.html BUGTRAQ:20000829 More Helix Code installation problems (go-gnome) URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0351.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20000919	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20000921)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(2) Cole, Levy MODIFY(1) Frech NOOP(2) Christey, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
Christey> XF:go-gnome-preinstaller-symlink(5161) Frech> XF:go-gnome-preinstaller-symlink(5161)
Proposed (Legacy)
20000921
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