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CVE-2000-0816

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0816 describes a local arbitrary command execution vulnerability in the tmpwatch utility within Red Hat Linux. Specifically, the --fuser option allows local users to execute commands by creating files with shell metacharacters in their names. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While no active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-20285), and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20285 · Oct 6, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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 0.6 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0816

security flaw

Oct 6, 2000

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5320
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/MDKSA-2000-056.php3
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-080.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1785
xforce.iss.net / alerts/advise64.php
Vendor Advisory