Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux
CVE-2001-0787
LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Linux — versions 7.0, 7.1
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6703 (vdb-entry)