security flaw
Published Jun 2, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.80%
Description
gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.18.1
- 1.19
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 5.3
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:009 (2000-04-12) - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:045 (2000-07-26) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:009 (2000-04-12) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:045 (2000-07-26) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:009 (2000-04-12) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:045 (2000-07-26) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:009 (2000-04-12) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:045 (2000-07-26)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 55.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.80% (0.00805) | 51.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00113) | 27.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0242.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_45.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0229 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616466 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0229
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0229
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0242.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_45.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-009.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1069 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0229 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616466 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0229 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0229 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.