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CVE-2000-0698

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Minicom: 1.82.0, 1.82.1, 1.83.0, 1.83.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/77361
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1599
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5151
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/77361
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1599
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5151

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