PT-2000-1529 · Libedit · Libedit

Published 2000-07-05 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0595

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libedit (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to potentially execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc file in a directory other than the user's home directory, as libedit searches for this file in the current directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0595

Affected Products

Libedit

References · 4

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1437 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0035.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0595 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/1446 · Note