CVE-2000-1207

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2000-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).

Affected products

RedHat Linux: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97034397026473&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97063854808796&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2000/MDKSA-2000-059.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-075.html

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