CVE-2000-0691
LowPublished
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...
- Published
- Sep 21, 2000
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2000
Primary CVSS
2.1/ 10Low
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N0.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 59.1%
- Model date
- Oct 12, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
Stan Bubrouski · unix · Aug 25, 2000
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