CVE-2000-0824: gnu glibc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2000-0824 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 22-01-2001PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 setuid programs by specifying their own duplicate environmental variables such as LD_PRELOAD or LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.23% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
ProFTPd 1.2 pre6 - 'snprintf' Remote Root
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Gnu1 product
- glibc2.11
1 vendor · 1 product
References
15 links- www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource TURBO
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- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-028.0.txtVendor AdvisoryX Refsource CALDERA