{"cve":"CVE-2000-0691","nvd":{"published":"2000-10-20T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:52:16.667","status":"Modified","description":"The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a symlink in from /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to the target file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.html","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0330.html","http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-029.0.txt","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1612","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0329.html"],"products":["gert_doering:mgetty"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2000-0691","score":0.00916,"percentile":0.60198,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}