CVE

Id
1797  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-0219  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to gain root access by booting single user and hitting ^C at the password prompt.  
Phase
Modified (20141101)  
Votes
ACCEPT(4) Armstrong, Cole, Levy, Ozancin | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Baker, Blake, LeBlanc, Wall | REVIEWING(1) Christey  
Comments
Ozancin> We need an additional CVE entry for other distributions that simply drop you | into a root shell in single user mode. | Christey> Based on Craig"s comments, need to consider if this is an LOA | issue. | Frech> XF:redhat-single-user-auth(4026)