CVE-2000-0824

The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local…

published January 22, 2001

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
68.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01232 · 68.6th percentile
Published
2001-01-22T05:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JAN 05:00Z
    The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local…
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