HIGH
security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
xpdf PDF viewer client earlier than 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13)
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.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.41% 0.00412
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00412
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 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 33.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 32.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.66th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0728 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616510 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0728
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0728
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96766355023239&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96886599829687&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-031.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-060.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1624 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0728 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616510 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0728 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0728 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2000
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 19, 2000
Link CVE-2000-0728
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a