Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0606

Title: kon -StartupMessage buffer overflow allows local root

Local privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0606.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jun 21, 2000
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0606: Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

Impacted Vendors

D
debian 1
R
redhat 1
C
cyrix 1
M
mandrakesoft 1
C
conectiva 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk
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-2000-0606 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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.