Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0438

Title: fdmount mountpoint parameter buffer overflow allows local code execution

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0438

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date May 22, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0438: Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.

Impacted Vendors

S
slackware 1
S
suse 1
C
caldera 1
T
turbolinux 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0245.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0245.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239
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-2000-0438 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19952
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19953
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19954
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.