CVE-2000-0184 describes a vulnerability in the Linux printtool where printer configuration files are set with world-readable permissions, potentially exposing printer share passwords to local attackers. This vulnerability affects Mandrakesoft Linux and Red Hat Linux. It is rated as LOW severity (CVSS 2.1) due to requiring local access and having a low impact, specifically confidentiality of passwords. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.