CVE-2000-0361

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 1999-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The PPP wvdial.lxdialog script in wvdial 1.4 and earlier creates a .config file with world readable permissions, which allows a local attacker in the dialout group to access login and password information.

Affected products

Suse Linux: all versions

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_35.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_35.html

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