LOW
periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
Published May 7, 2001
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
periodic in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.33% 0.00333
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00333
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 | 0.33% (0.00333) | 24.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00333) | 24.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00167) | 35.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 12.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/1754 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2325 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6047 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626919 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/1754 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2325 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6047 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 7, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 14, 2000
Link CVE-2000-0890
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a