Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0666

Title: rpc.statd format-string handling allows remote root

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0666

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 16, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
26.32%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

T
trustix 1
S
sun 1
N
novell 1
R
redhat 1
E
engardelinux 1
D
debian 1
S
suse 1
C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0666 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20075
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20076
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20077
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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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.