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CVE-2000-0031

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The initscripts package in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-2000-0031
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-2000-0031

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