CVE-2000-0566

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-35USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
caldera openlinux= 2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openlinux= 2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake linux= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2000-07-03modified 2026-06-16

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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