CVE-2000-0724: Helix Code Go-Gnome Pre-Installer

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

The go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer files.

Affected products

• Helix Code Go-Gnome Pre-Installer: version 1.5 only

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