CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0052
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.
Affected configurations
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.0
• mandrakesoft mandrake linux 6.1
• redhat linux 6.0
• redhat linux 6.1
• turbolinux turbolinux 3.5b2
• turbolinux turbolinux 4.2
• turbolinux turbolinux 4.4
• turbolinux turbolinux 6.0.2
References
- http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/pam_advisory www.l0pht.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-001.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913 www.securityfocus.com
- http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=linux-pam-userhelper xforce.iss.net
- http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/pam_advisory www.l0pht.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-001.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913 www.securityfocus.com
- http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=linux-pam-userhelper xforce.iss.net