CVE-2000-0219

Current Description

Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to gain root access by booting single user and hitting ^C at the password prompt.

Basic Data

Published	February 23, 2000
Last Modified	November 04, 2015
Assigner	cve@mitre.org
Data Type	CVE
Data Format	MITRE
Data Version	4.0
Problem Type	CWE-264
CVE Data Version	4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version	2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector String	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 2 - Access Vector	LOCAL
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity	LOW
CVSS 2 - Authentication	NONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact	COMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact	COMPLETE
CVSS 2 - Base Score	7.2
Severity	HIGH
Exploitability Score	3.9
Impact Score	10.0
Obtain All Privilege	true
Obtain User Privilege	false
Obtain Other Privilege	false

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other	Version Start Including	Version End Including	Version Start Excluding	Version End Excluding
2.3	OS	Redhat	Linux	6.0	*	i386	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Redhat	Linux	6.0

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
1005	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1005	BID	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
20000223 redhat 6.0: single user boot security hole	http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200002230248.NAA19185@cairo.anu.edu.a	BUGTRAQ	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10053	CONFIRM