VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2000-1207

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-09-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).

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