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CVE-2000-0506

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2000-06-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References