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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2000-0229 json

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-r…

published 2000-03-22 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0228

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2000-0229 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19816)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19816 gpm 1.18.1/1.19 / Debian 2.x / RedHat 6.x / S.u.S.E 5.3/6.x - gpm Setgid local, 2000-03-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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