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CVE-2000-0691

The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a symlink in from /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to the target file.

Published

2000-10-20T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gert_doering	mgetty	1.1.19	Yes
Application	gert_doering	mgetty	1.1.20	Yes
Application	gert_doering	mgetty	1.1.21	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0330.html ([email protected])
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-029.0.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1612 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.html Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0330.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-029.0.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1612 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)