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CVE-2000-0229

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:alessandro_rubini:gpm:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:alessandro_rubini:gpm:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:pre_potato:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -