CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0506

10.0 HIGH Published 2000-06-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.0.30 • linux linux kernel 2.0.33 • linux linux kernel 2.0.34 • linux linux kernel 2.0.35 • linux linux kernel 2.0.36 • linux linux kernel 2.0.37 • linux linux kernel 2.0.38 • linux linux kernel 2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.2.10 • linux linux kernel 2.2.12 • linux linux kernel 2.2.13 • linux linux kernel 2.2.14 • linux linux kernel 2.2.15 • linux linux kernel 2.2.15 pre20 • linux linux kernel 2.2.16

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References