CVE-2000-0231 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kreatecd utility, affecting Halloween Linux and SuSE Linux versions. The flaw allows local users to gain root privileges because kreatecd insecurely trusts a user-supplied path to locate the cdrecord program. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:halloween:halloween_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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