01 Record
CVE-2000-0947
Format string vulnerability in cfd daemon in GNU CFEngine before 1.6.0a11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via format characters in the CAUTH command.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in cfd daemon in GNU CFEngine before 1.6.0a11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via format characters in the CAUTH command.
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
- 2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% 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 2026-09-23.
- 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
- 2001-01-22 05:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-11-24
- 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
- cc2e7bb65510304e8a5ebf7d9e1fc44a46b31ab6247adc7f2a8d0a3e58b5482a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20001002 Very probable remote root vulnerability in cfenginehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0004.html
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:061http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-061.php3?dis=7.1
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2000-013ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-013.txt.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcfengine-cfd-format-string(5630)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5630
- www.securityfocus.com1757http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1757