01 Record
CVE-2000-0666
rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 26.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-08-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 61575baebbcc37945a26aedff4923b44cbc297393b9b0611c77956cbad7341ab
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:043http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000716 Lots and lots of fun with rpc.statdhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html
- www.securityfocus.com1480http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480
- archives.neohapsis.com20000717 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - nfs-utilshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000718 Trustix Security Advisory - nfs-utilshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-rpcstatd-format-overwrite(4939)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939
- www.calderasystems.comCSSA-2000-025.0http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt
- www.cert.orgCA-2000-17http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000718 [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:021 nfs-utils updatehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html