CVE-2000-0433 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the SuSE aaa_base package, affecting SuSE Linux distributions. The vulnerability arises because certain system accounts are configured with their home directories set to /tmp. This misconfiguration allows a local attacker to create standard user startup scripts, such as .profile, within these /tmp home directories. Upon the system account's next login or script execution, the attacker's malicious script would be executed with the privileges of that system account, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 4.6 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and no authentication required, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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