# CVE-2000-1125: restore 0.4b15 and earlier in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2000-12-19 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

restore 0.4b15 and earlier in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1914
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97336034309944&w=2
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20385
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/182
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/184

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