Vulnerability CVE-2000-0723
Published: 2000-10-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.2/10
2.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Helix code -> Gnome installer 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00@the-village.bc.nu
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