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CVE-2000-08641 exploit

Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 53%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional privileges, via a symlink attack.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20212 GNOME esound 0.2.19 - Unix Domain Socket Race Condition · local · 2000-08-31

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/1659 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/5213 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2000/20001008 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FREEBSD, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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