CVE-2000-0786

high

Description

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERV_GROUPS and USERV_GIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1516

http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000727

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96473640717095&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0389.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00068