{
    "id": "CVE-2008-0600",
    "published": "2008-02-12 21:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:49:58",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-94",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03540",
    "epss_percentile": "0.88953",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "5092",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.17 < 2.6.24.1 - 'vmsplice' Local Privilege Escalation (2)",
            "date": "2008-02-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "5093",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.23 < 2.6.24 - 'vmsplice' Local Privilege Escalation (1)",
            "date": "2008-02-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2",
        "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"
    ]
}