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CVE-2000-0506

CVE information

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
10/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
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:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15:pre16:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15_pre20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.16:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -