Description
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2000-0562 | makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.202Z
Reserved: 2000-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2000-0566
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Status : Modified
Published: 2000-07-03T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2000-0566
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD