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CVE-2000-0494

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Veritas Volume Manager creates a world writable .server_pids file, which allows local users to add arbitrary commands into the file, which is then executed by the vmsa_server script.

Affected products

• Symantec Veritas Volume Manager: 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0151.html
• http://seer.support.veritas.com/tnotes/volumeman/230053.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1356
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0151.html
• http://seer.support.veritas.com/tnotes/volumeman/230053.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1356

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