CVE-2000-0566 (GCVE-0-2000-0566)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:21
VLAI?
Summary
makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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