CVE-2000-0602

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-06-21 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0602, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Secure Locate (slocate) in Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a malformed configuration file that is specified in the LOCATE_PATH environmental variable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0602

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