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CVE-2000-0170

RedHat 6.1 - 'man' Local Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

3
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

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*SSVC
Descriptions

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
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Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2000-02-26 CVE Published
  • 2000-02-26 First Exploit
  • 2000-03-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Redhat
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Linux
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4.0
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Redhat
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Linux
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4.1
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Redhat
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Linux
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4.2
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Redhat
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Linux
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5.0
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Redhat
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Linux
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5.1
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Redhat
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Linux
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5.2
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Redhat
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Linux
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6.0
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Redhat
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Linux
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6.2
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Turbolinux
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Turbolinux
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3.5b2
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Turbolinux
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Turbolinux
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4.2
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Turbolinux
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Turbolinux
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4.4
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