VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0864
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.
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- gnome/esound
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.