CVE-2000-1009

high

Description

dump in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5437

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0438.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-12-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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