CVE-2000-0722

Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

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-2000-0722 is rated Low Risk (28.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0722

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 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0722

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0722

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0722

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
helix_code gnome_updater 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
helix_code gnome_updater 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
helix_code gnome_updater 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
helix_code gnome_updater 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
helix_code gnome_updater 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:helix_code:gnome_updater:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0722

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