CVE-2000-0433

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SuSE aaa_base package installs some system accounts with home directories set to /tmp, which allows local users to gain privileges to those accounts by creating standard user startup scripts such as profiles.

Affected products

Suse Linux: 6.1, 6.1-alpha, 6.2, 6.3, 6.3-alpha, 6.4

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_47.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_47.html

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