CVE-2000-0296 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the fcheck utility by Michael A. Gumienny. Attackers can embed shell metacharacters into filenames, which fcheck then processes, allowing them to gain elevated privileges on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, nor any community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:michael_a._gumienny:fcheck:2.7.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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