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CVE-2000-0052

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1
• RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1
• Turbolinux: 3.5b2, 4.2, 4.4, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/pam_advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913
• http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=linux-pam-userhelper
• http://www.l0pht.com/advisories/pam_advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913
• http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=linux-pam-userhelper

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