CVE-2000-0864

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659 patch vendor advisory vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213 vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.html vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-0864?
CVE-2000-0864 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2000-0864?
To fix CVE-2000-0864, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2000-0864 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2000-0864 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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