CVE-2000-0786

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERV_GROUPS and USERV_GIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions.

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERV_GROUPS and USERV_GIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 24 years ago

2000-10-20 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:07:00

Affected Software

GNU userv 1.0.0

1.0.0

References

20000726 userv security boundary tool 1.0.1 (SECURITY FIX)

Vendor Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96473640717095&w=2

20000727 userv: local exploit

Vendor Advisory

1516

Vendor Advisory

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