Vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

CVE-2001-0912

Packaging error for expect 8.3.3 in Mandrake Linux 8.1 causes expect to search for its libraries in the /home/snailtalk directory before other directories, which could allow a local user to gain root privileges.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Mandrakesoft Mandrake_linux — versions 8.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)