CVE-2000-0052

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux

First reported 25 years ago

2000-01-04 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:02:00

Affected Software

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.0

6.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.1

6.1

References

20000104 PamSlam

RHSA-2000:001

913

linux-pam-userhelper

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