CVE-2000-1095: Conectiva Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

modprobe in the modutils 2.3.x package on Linux systems allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Conectiva Linux: version 5.1 only
• Immunix Immunix: version 6.2 only; version 7.0_beta only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 7.2 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 7.0 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 6.4 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2001-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.