A vulnerability was found in SuSE Linux 4.0/6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component kreatecd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Linux kreatecd trusts a user-supplied path that is used to find the cdrecord program, allowing local users to gain root privileges.

The weakness was released 03/16/2000 by Basti (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0231. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 15394.

Affected

• Halloween Linux 4.0
• SuSE Linux 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3

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• Operating System

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• SuSE

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• Linux

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• 4.0
• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3

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• open-source

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