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CVE-2000-1134
Multiple shell programs on various Unix systems, including (1) tcsh, (2) csh, (3) sh, and (4) bash, follow symlinks when processing <<…
High7.2EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- 20001111a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1926 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLA-2000:350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SSRT1-41U (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQx_transferred
- 2006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000-069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-042.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:117 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#10277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20001130 [ADV/EXP]: RH6.x root from bash /tmp vuln + MORE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001028 tcsh: unsafe tempfile in << redirects (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-043.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- 20001128 /bin/sh creates insecure tmp files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CLSA-2000:354 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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