Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1009

Title: dump trusts RSH environment allowing execution of trojaned rsh (local root)

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-1009

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 11, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.15%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1009: dump in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

Impacted Vendors

T
trustix 1
E
engardelinux 1
S
sun 1
R
redhat 1
C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0438.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1871 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5437 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0438.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1871 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5437
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1009 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/206
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/193
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.