THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2000-0698
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0698

Minicom vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Minicom
Affected product
Minicom
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2000-10-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0698

  • Confirm whether Minicom Minicom is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0698.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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