CVE-2000-0494

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-06-16 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0494, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Veritas Volume Manager creates a world writable .server_pids file, which allows local users to add arbitrary commands into the file, which is then executed by the vmsa_server script.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0494

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C