CVE-2000-1009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

dump in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

Published: 2000-11-29

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0996	dump in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0034.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0438.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5437

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

Trustix Secure Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-11-29T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:32.263Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1009

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-12-11T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-1009

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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