CVE-2000-1018: Mendel Cooper Shred

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

shred 1.0 file wiping utility does not properly open a file for overwriting or flush its buffers, which prevents shred from properly replacing the file's data and allows local users to recover the file.

Affected products

• Mendel Cooper Shred: version 1.0 only

Published 2000-12-11. Last modified 2026-09-23.