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CVE-2000-1009

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2000-12-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

dump in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

Affected Platforms

Trustix Secure LinuxRedhat Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References