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CVE-2000-0602

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Secure Locate (slocate) in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a malformed configuration file that is specified in the LOCATE_PATH environmental variable.

Affected products

• Kevin Lindsay Secure Locate: 2.0, 2.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1385
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006211209500.22969-100000%40nimue.tpi.pl
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1385
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006211209500.22969-100000%40nimue.tpi.pl

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