CVE-2000-0722 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Helix GNOME Updater helix-update version 0.5 and earlier. A local attacker can exploit this by preemptively creating the /tmp/helix-install directory, allowing them to install arbitrary RPM packages as root. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.2 (MEDIUM), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploits or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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