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CVE-2000-0506

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."

Published

2000-06-09T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.30 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.33 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.34 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.35 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.36 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.37 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.0.38 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.12 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.13 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.14 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.15 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.15_pre20 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.16 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.2.16 Yes
References