CVE-2000-0816

Low CVSS 2.1

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

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0816, 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

Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0816

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