CVE-2000-0798 — HIGH severity vulnerability (The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check fo)
The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0798 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-10-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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