CVE-2000-0864 Race condition in n/a
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in esound to change file permissions via symlink attacks, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2000-0864?
CVE-2000-0864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional privileges, via a symlink attack.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0864?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Esound.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0864?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0864 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0864 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0864 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6743-8vvq-693c.