Security readout for executives and security teams
Older versions of Minicom, a Linux serial communication tool, could be tricked by a local user into creating files owned by the uucp system account through a symlink attack. This only matters to someone who already has a shell account on the affected Linux system, so the business risk today is minimal unless legacy Red Hat 6.x-era hosts are still in production. Exposure is limited to multi-user Linux systems running Minicom 1.82.1 or earlier with setgid-uucp privileges, primarily late-1990s Red Hat 6.1/6.2 builds. Modern distributions ship far newer Minicom releases and have long since dropped the vulnerable packaging, so real-world exposure in 2026 is confined to unmaintained legacy hosts. Very low priority for modern environments. Only act if an audit surfaces legacy Linux hosts still running Minicom 1.82.1 or earlier, in which case treat it as part of normal legacy-system decommissioning rather than an emergency patch cycle. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Minicom to a current vendor-supported release on any remaining legacy hosts.; Retire or isolate Red Hat 6.1/6.2 era systems still running vulnerable Minicom builds.; Remove setgid-uucp bits from binaries that no longer require them..
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- minicom-capture-groupown(5151)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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