PT-2000-1631 · Minicom · Minicom

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Minicom versions 1.82.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack on some Linux systems.

Recommendations For Minicom versions 1.82.1 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the uucp user to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0698

Affected Products

Minicom

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20160 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1599 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/77361 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0698 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5151 · Note