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CVE-2000-0715

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl in Red Hat Linux 6.2 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Conectiva Linux: 5.0, 5.1
• Kirk Bauer Diskcheck: 3.1.1

References

• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0082.html
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0096.html
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jun/0298.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1552
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0082.html
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0096.html
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jun/0298.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1552

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