CVE-2000-0798

High CVSS 10

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

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0798, 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 truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0798

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