security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 5.2
- 5.2
- 5.2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:041 (2000-07-04) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:041 (2000-07-04) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:041 (2000-07-04) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:041 (2000-07-04)
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 31.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 21.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0566 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616494 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0566
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0566
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-021.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0390.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:015 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-041.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1434 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0566 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616494 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4900 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0566 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0566 |
Change history (0)
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