CVE-2000-0724

MEDIUM 6.2CVE-2000-0724 · Published 20/10/2000 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2000-0724 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability affecting go-gnome pre-installer (helix code).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.31%, higher than 23.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
go-gnome pre-installer helix_code	`= 1.5`	No fix yet

Description

The go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer files.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0351.html · Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0356.html · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/1622 · Patch

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