01 Record
CVE-2000-0824
The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The unsetenv function in glibc 2.1.1 does not properly unset an environmental variable if the variable is provided twice to a program, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands in
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-01-22 05:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c652f3121519eac8c7d32afff28059b76820cb91ac5929f0ad373741ea0c7650
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comglibc-ld-unsetenv(5173)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5173
- marc.info19990917 A few bugs...http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93760201002154&w=2
- www.novell.com20000924 glibc locale security problemhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000906 [slackware-security]: glibc 2.1.3 vulnerabilities patchedhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0525.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:057http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:045http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-045.php3
- archives.neohapsis.com20000902 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibchttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
- www.securityfocus.com1639http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1639
- www.turbolinux.comTLSA2000020-1http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
- www.debian.org20000902 glibc: local root exploithttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
- www.securityfocus.com20000831 glibc unsetenv bughttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/79537
- archives.neohapsis.com20000905 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibchttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0509.html
- www.securityfocus.com648http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/648
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-028.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txt
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:040http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-040.php3