CVE-2000-0723

LowCVSS 1.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 20, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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