VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-0959

CVSS score1.2 LOW
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-12-19
Last modified2026-09-23
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

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.

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