7.2high

CVE-2000-02181 exploit

Buffer overflow in Linux mount and umount allows local users to gain root privileges via a long relative pathname.

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 58%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Linux mount and umount allows local users to gain root privileges via a long relative pathname.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-321 BSD / Linux - 'umount' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 1996-08-13

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • osvdb.org /6980 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /7004 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred

Sources

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