Vulnerability CVE-2000-0959

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2000-0959 (CCN-5299)

Assigned:

2000-09-27

Published:

2000-09-27

Updated:

2017-10-10

Summary:

glibc2 does not properly clear the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables when a program is spawned from a setuid program, which could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

CVSS v3 Severity:

2.9 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

1.2 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

1.2 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None