CVE-2000-0691
N/A
Published: September 21, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMgetty
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0330.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-029.0.txtVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1612Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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