CVE-2000-0195 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Corel Linux, specifically within the setxconf utility. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the -T parameter to execute their own .xserverrc file, gaining root access. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a critical impact with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring only local access and low attack complexity. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| 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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