CVE-2000-1134
highpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-217UUCP - File Creation/Overwriting Symlinksfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (25)
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also known as (5)
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sources
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references (34)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0418.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2002-q1/0009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000350enisa_euvd
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000354enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97561816504170&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-042.0.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-043.0.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001111aenisa_euvd
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