CVE-2000-0031: Red Hat Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The initscripts package in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only

Published 2000-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.