CVE-2000-1137

GNU ed before 0.2-18.1 allows local users to overwrite the files of other users via a symlink attack.

Published: 2001-01-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1137 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1137

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 0.07% 0.39% +0.32%
2 2025-03-17 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-2000-1137

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1137

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-1137

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2000-1137: 1 GLSA(s) (200410-07), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/ed); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2000-1137
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1137

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2000-1137

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1137

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu ed 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu ed 2.16tr cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.16tr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu ed 2.18 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu ed 2.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1137

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