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CVE-2000-0723
- Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 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
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc, /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc, and /etc/rc.config.
Affected products
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nu
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nu
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