CVE-2000-0366

Low

Published: 02/12/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.35%

27th percentile — higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 has an issue with restoring symlinks, allowing a local user to modify the ownership of arbitrary files.

A local user may gain unauthorized access to files, potentially leading to serious security breaches in the system.

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version that fixes the handling of symlinks.

Original NVD description (English source)

dump in Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 does not properly restore symlinks, which allows a local user to modify the ownership of arbitrary files.