VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0230
Buffer overflow in imwheel allows local users to gain root privileges via the imwheel-solo script and a long HOME environmental variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in imwheel allows local users to gain root privileges via the imwheel-solo script and a long HOME environmental variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- halloween/halloween linux · redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0168.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0168.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.