CVE-2000-1009 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a trust issue in the dump utility's handling of the RSH environment variable.
- 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-2000-1009?
CVE-2000-1009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 29 Nov 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dump 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1009?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Linux, Trustix Secure Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1009?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-1009 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-1009 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jph8-qvmw-2p95.