CVE-2000-0722 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

Published: 2000-09-21

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0718	Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0240.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1593
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nu

History

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Subscriptions

Helix Code Gnome Updater

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-09-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:41.474Z

Reserved: 2000-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0722

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0722

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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