CVE-2000-0723: Helix Code Gnome Installer

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc, /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc, and /etc/rc.config.

Affected products

• Helix Code Gnome Installer: version 0.2 only

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