7.2
HIGH
CVE-2008-0600
Linux Kernel vmsplice_to_pipe Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 12, 2008, 9 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 2:18 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-0600 has a 39 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-0600 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-0600.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2 Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2 Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2 Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2 Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
http://secunia.com/advisories/28858
http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
http://secunia.com/advisories/28889
http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
http://secunia.com/advisories/28912
http://secunia.com/advisories/28925
http://secunia.com/advisories/28933
http://secunia.com/advisories/28937
http://secunia.com/advisories/29245
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 20, 2024, 8:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.

Auto Root / Privilege Escalation Exploit

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Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 11, 2024, 9:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 85 different CVEs too.

bounty collection

Shell Python Dockerfile Ruby JavaScript ASP.NET Classic ASP HTML PHP Jupyter Notebook

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
26 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 11, 2023, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2023, 7:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 50 different CVEs too.

Linux privilege escalation exploits collection.

C Shell Python Assembly Ruby Makefile Meson

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
88 stars 13 fork 13 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 2:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 91 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2023, 7:11 a.m. This repo has been linked 50 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 25, 2023, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 178 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 2 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 3, 2022, 1:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 49 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 21, 2021, 9:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 56 different CVEs too.

Linux Eelvation(持续更新)

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C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
390 stars 92 fork 92 watcher
Born at : March 30, 2021, 7:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 72 different CVEs too.

Linux Elevation

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
2 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Dec. 29, 2020, 12:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 56 different CVEs too.

Linux kernel EoP exp

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML C++

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
73 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : May 13, 2020, 6:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 55 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 3, 2020, 2:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 50 different CVEs too.

None

C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML

Updated: 4 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2020, 3:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 50 different CVEs too.

Localroot-ALL-CVE~

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C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML Perl Batchfile

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
123 stars 46 fork 46 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2020, 6:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 93 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-0600 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-0600 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2008-0600 kernel vmsplice_to_pipe flaw The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Obtain Admin/Root Access
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0129 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0600 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432251 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010. CVE-2008-0600 kernel vmsplice_to_pipe flaw
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432251 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0600 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0129 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5092 [Exploit]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11358 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0600 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0600 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.08236

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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