CVE-2000-0172

Summary

CVE-2000-0172 is a vulnerability affecting the mtr (My Traceroute) utility. The issue lies in the way mtr handles privilege drops, using only a seteuid call instead of the more secure setuid and setgid together. This weakness could potentially enable local users to elevate their privileges to root level. This vulnerability could lead to serious security consequences if exploited, making it important for system administrators to update their mtr installations with a more secure version.

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