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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0816

CVE-2000-0816

Description

Linux tmpwatch --fuser option allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by creating files whose names contain shell metacharacters.

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4

Red Hat/Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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