CVE-2000-0506

highpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.114 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

11.4% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

The "capabilities" feature in Linux before 2.2.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges by setting the capabilities to prevent a setuid program from dropping privileges, aka the "Linux kernel setuid/setcap vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USLLM-inferredCWE-269USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20000Linux Kernel 2.2.x 2.4.0-test1 (SGI ProPack 1.2/1.3) - Sendmail Capabilities Privilege Escalation(1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-20001Linux Kernel 2.2.x 2.4.0-test1 (SGI ProPack 1.2/1.3) - Sendmail 8.10.1 Capabilities Privilege Escalation (2)functional · exploit_db

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
linux linux kernel= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.30nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.33nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.35nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.36nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.37nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.0.38nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.13nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.15_pre20nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel= 2.2.16nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-06-09modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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