Vulnerability CVE-2000-0722
Published: 2000-10-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Helix code -> Gnome updater 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1593
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0240.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00@the-village.bc.nu
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