CVE-2000-1134

UUCP - File Creation/Overwriting Symlinks

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple shell programs on various Unix systems, including (1) tcsh, (2) csh, (3) sh, and (4) bash, follow symlinks when processing << redirects (aka here-documents or in-here documents), which allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-01-02 First Exploit
2000-12-14 CVE Reserved
2000-12-19 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (21)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0418.html	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97561816504170&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/10277	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/146657	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1926	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4047	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/217	2000-12-04
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20436	2000-01-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2006	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:76.tcsh-csh.asc	2017-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011103-02-P	2017-10-19
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q1/0009.html	2017-10-19
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000350	2017-10-19
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000354	2017-10-19
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-042.0.txt	2017-10-19
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-043.0.txt	2017-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001111a	2017-10-19
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-069.php3	2017-10-19
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-075.php3	2017-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-117.html	2017-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-121.html	2017-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Immunix Search vendor "Immunix"		Immunix Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix"				6.2 Search vendor "Immunix" for product "Immunix" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				4.0es Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "4.0es"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				4.1 Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				4.2 Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "4.2"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Conectiva Search vendor "Conectiva"		Linux Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux"				5.1 Search vendor "Conectiva" for product "Linux" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux"				*		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Edesktop Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Edesktop"				2.4 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Edesktop" and version "2.4"		-		Affected
Caldera Search vendor "Caldera"		Openlinux Eserver Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Eserver"				2.3 Search vendor "Caldera" for product "Openlinux Eserver" and version "2.3"		-		Affected
Hp Search vendor "Hp"		Hp-ux Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux"				11.11 Search vendor "Hp" for product "Hp-ux" and version "11.11"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				6.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "6.1"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				7.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "7.1"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				7.2 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				5.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				6.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "6.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				6.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				6.2e Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "6.2e"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected