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CVE-2000-0786

• 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: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GNU userv 1.0.0 and earlier does not properly perform file descriptor swapping, which can corrupt the USERV_GROUPS and USERV_GIDS environmental variables and allow local users to bypass some access restrictions.

Affected products

• GNU Userv: 1.0.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0389.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96473640717095&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000727
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1516
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0389.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96473640717095&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000727
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1516

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