Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0218

Title: mount/umount relative pathname buffer overflow allows local root

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0218

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 03, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.85%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0218: Buffer overflow in Linux mount and umount allows local users to gain root privileges via a long relative pathname.

Impacted Vendors

novell 1

suse 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-002.0.txt http://www.osvdb.org/6980 http://www.osvdb.org/7004 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-002.0.txt http://www.osvdb.org/6980 http://www.osvdb.org/7004

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0218 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/321

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 03, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.