CVE-2000-0296: Michael A. Gumienny Fcheck

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

fcheck allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell metacharacters into file names that are processed by fcheck.

Affected products

• Michael A. Gumienny Fcheck: version 2.7.45 only

Published 2000-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.