CVE-2000-0724

Medium CVSS 6.2

Published 2000-10-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0724, 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

The go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer files.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0724

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