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CVE-2001-07871 exploit

LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.7%
percentile 54%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20923 LPRng 3.6.x - Failure To Drop Supplementary Groups · local · 2001-06-07

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/2865 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • ciac.org /ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml · third-party-advisory, government-resource, x_refsource_CIAC, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/6703 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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