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CVE-2000-0722

17
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0240.html
Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/1593
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / templates/archive.pike