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CVE-2000-0698 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows loca)

Minicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0698
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-10-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionMinicom 1.82.1 and earlier on some Linux systems allows local users to create arbitrary files owned by the uucp user via a symlink attack.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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