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CVE-2001-0787

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 7.0, 7.1

References

• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6703
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6703

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