Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0052

Description

Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package allows local users to gain root access via PAM and a .. (dot dot) attack.

Mandrakesoft/Mandrake Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
Turbolinux/Turbolinux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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