CVE-2000-1095

Summary

CVECVE-2000-1095
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-01-09 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionmodprobe in the modutils 2.3.x package on Linux systems allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Conectiva Linux 5.1 All All All
Application Immunix Immunix 6.2 All All All
Application Immunix Immunix 7.0_beta All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-071-1.php3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Neohapsis Archives - SuSE Security Discussion - [suse-security] SuSE Security Announcement: modules - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - RedHat 7.0 (and SuSE): modutils + netkit = root compromise. (fwd) - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Debian -- Security Information -- modutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux modprobe Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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