CVE-2000-1018

LOW 2.1CVE-2000-1018 · Published 11/12/2000 · updated 23/09/2026

In short

CVE-2000-1018 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting shred (mendel cooper).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 40.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
shred mendel_cooper	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Description

shred 1.0 file wiping utility does not properly open a file for overwriting or flush its buffers, which prevents shred from properly replacing the file's data and allows local users to recover the file.

References

marc.info
marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/1788 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5722

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