CVE-2000-0698

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.38%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
Score date: 10/9/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Minicom 1.82/1.83 - Capture-file Group Ownership (8/19/2000)

Affected technologies (1)

Minicom — Minicom

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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