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CVE-2000-06911 exploit

The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 60%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a symlink in from /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to the target file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20179 Gert Doering mgetty 1.1.19/1.1.20/1.1.21/1.22.8 - Symbolic Link Traversal · local · 2000-08-25

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/1612 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0330.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • calderasystems.com /support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-029.0.txt · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CALDERA, x_transferred

Sources

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