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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 11, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-1009

CVE-2000-1009

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Red Hat/Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =6.2
  • Trustix/Secure Linux
    cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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