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CVE-2000-0724

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0724 describes a symlink vulnerability in the go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating temporary files like uudecode and snarf. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, but potentially leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:go-gnome_pre-installer:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
22.9%
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 19th 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/2000-08/0351.html
Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0356.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/1622
PatchVendor Advisory