CVE-2000-0194 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Corel Linux, specifically within the buildxconf utility. An attacker can exploit this flaw by leveraging the -x or -f parameters to modify or create arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability carries a high severity rating (CVSS 7.2) due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available via ExploitDB, though it lacks significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:corel:linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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