VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0506

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 10.0EPSS 11.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 11.40% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 June 2000
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 11.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-20001 source ↗	Linux Kernel 2.2.x 2.4.0-test1 (SGI ProPack 1.2/1.3) - Sendmail 8.10.1 Capabilities Privilege Escalation (2)linux · Wojciech Purczynski	local	7 June 2000	yes
EDB-20000 source ↗	Linux Kernel 2.2.x 2.4.0-test1 (SGI ProPack 1.2/1.3) - Sendmail Capabilities Privilege Escalation(1)linux · Florian Heinz	local	7 June 2000	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.