CVE-2000-0494 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Veritas Volume Manager (specifically versions 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.0.4). It allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating a world-writable .server_pids file, which is subsequently executed by the vmsa_server script. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local access. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:volume_manager:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:volume_manager:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec_veritas:volume_manager:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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