CVE-2000-0229 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper privilege dropping in the gpm-root utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0229?
CVE-2000-0229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Jun 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0229?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Alessandro Rubini Gpm, Debian Debian Linux, Redhat Linux, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0229 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0229 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jj5p-pw57-256v.