CVE-2000-0816

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.

Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2000-10-06 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 7.0

7.0

References

MDKSA-2000:056

RHSA-2000:080

1785

20001006 Insecure call of external programs in Red Hat Linux tmpwatch

Vendor Advisory

linux-tmpwatch-fuser(5320)

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