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CVE-2000-1162
ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 75% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 39 days later
· 39 days later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- CSSA-2000-041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLSA-2000:343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 1990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ghostscript-sym-link(5563) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20001123 ghostscript: symlink attack (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2000-1147 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2000-1162)Record last updated .