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CVE-2000-00171 exploit

Buffer overflow in Linux linuxconf package allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long parameter.

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.9%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in Linux linuxconf package allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long parameter.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20619 Linuxconf 1.1.6 r10 - Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 1999-12-21

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=94580196627059&w=2 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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