CVE-2000-0602 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Secure Locate (slocate) within Red Hat Linux. An attacker can exploit this by providing a malformed configuration file via the LOCATE_PATH environmental variable. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kevin_lindsay:secure_locate:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kevin_lindsay:secure_locate:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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