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CVE-2000-0506
The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the…
High10.0EPSS 11.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- RHSA-2000:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000609 Sendmail & procmail local root exploits on Linux kernel up to 2.2.16pre5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000609 Trustix Security Advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000608 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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