CVE-2000-0578 describes a vulnerability in SGI MIPSPro C, C++, F77, and F90 compilers where temporary files created in /tmp have predictable names. This allows a local attacker to potentially inject malicious content into these files during another user's compilation process. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating local access, high attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:mipspro_compilers:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:mipspro_compilers:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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