CVE-2000-1207

Published Sep 30, 2000

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B133DAC8-2B0D-4F83-9025-AD071740187A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References