7.2high

CVE-2000-11031 exploit

rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by s…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 61%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-202 BSDi 3.0/4.0 - 'rcvtty[mh]' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2000-11-21

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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