7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2000-0340

Published: 29/04/2000 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in Gnomelib in SuSE Linux 6.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the DISPLAY environmental variable.

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suse suse linux 6.3

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1155/info A vulnerability exists in the handling of the DISPLAY variable, in versions of Gnomelib shipped with SuSE Linux, version 63 By supplying a long buffer containing machine executable code in the DISPLAY environment variable, it is possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the ...