CVE-2000-0959 describes a vulnerability in GNU glibc where the LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT and LD_DEBUG environmental variables are not properly cleared when a program is spawned from a setuid program. This oversight allows local users to perform a symlink attack, potentially overwriting files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access, high attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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