CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2000-0172

Published: Mar 03, 2000 | Modified: Nov 20, 2024

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0172
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The mtr program only uses a seteuid call when attempting to drop privileges, which could allow local users to gain root privileges.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Mtr	Matt_kimball_and_roger_wolff	0.28 (including)	0.28 (including)
Mtr	Matt_kimball_and_roger_wolff	0.41 (including)	0.41 (including)

References

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