CVE-2000-0506

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

11.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2000-10-13

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20001
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20000

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2000-0505
• CVE-2000-0507
• CVE-2000-0504
• CVE-2000-0508
• CVE-2000-0501
• CVE-2000-0515