security flaw
Published Apr 26, 2000
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
Emacs 20 does not properly set permissions for a slave PTY device when starting a new subprocess, which allows local users to read or modify communications between Emacs and the subprocess.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:036 (2000-06-15) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:036 (2000-06-15) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:036 (2000-06-15)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 18.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0269 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616469 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0269
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0269
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0269 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616469 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0269 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0269 |
Change history (0)
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