CVE-2000-0959

CVE-2000-0959

Low · published December 19, 2000

CVSS v2.0
1.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v2.0
1.2 · LOW
Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00303 · 21.7th percentile
Published
2000-12-19T10:00Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/glibcall versions—
References (6)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/85028 · [email protected]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1719 · [email protected]https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5299 · [email protected]http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/85028 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1719 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5299 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JAN 05:00Z
    glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow…
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