A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 6.0/6.1/7.0/7.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file /tmp of the component RPM File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

A race condition in MandrakeUpdate allows local users to modify RPM files while they are in the /tmp directory before they are installed.

The bug was discovered 08/12/2000. The weakness was published 10/20/2000 by LINUX as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0718. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 69 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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