CVE-2000-0052

Summary

CVE-2000-0052 is a vulnerability affecting the Red Hat userhelper program in the usermode package. This issue grants local users the ability to elevate privileges to root level, using a dot-dot attack in conjunction with the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). By exploiting this weakness, an attacker can manipulate the program's current working directory, potentially gaining unauthorized root access. This vulnerability poses a significant risk and requires immediate patching to secure affected systems.

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