CVE-2000-1125

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Published Dec 19, 2000 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

restore 0.4b15 and earlier 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.

Affected Products

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:redhat:linux:6.2e:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1110	restore 0.4b15 and earlier 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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.107% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97336034309944&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1914

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:45 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2000, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:45 AM
Reserved: Dec 14, 2000, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:53 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 9, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:53 PM

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