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CVE-2000-0118
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 1999-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
The Red Hat Linux su program does not log failed password guesses if the su process is killed before it times out, which allows local attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.
Affected products
- RedHat Linux: 2.0, 2.1, 3.0.3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 (+5)
- Sun Solaris: 1.1.3-u1, 1.1.4, 2.4
- Sunos: 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (+2)
References
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