Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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 capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

EPSS: 0.114 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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