CVE-2000-0691

Exp

The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a symlink in from /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to the target file.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0691 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.92%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0691

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20179 exploit_db edb 2000-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0691

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.53% 0.92% +0.39%
2 2026-03-03 0.21% 0.53% +0.32%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0691

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0691

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0691

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0691

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0691

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gert_doering mgetty 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gert_doering mgetty 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gert_doering mgetty 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0691

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