Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0867

Title: klogd format-string handling allows local privilege escalation

Local privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0867.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 14, 2000
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0867: Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.

Impacted Vendors

D
debian 1
R
redhat 1
C
cyrix 1
M
mandrakesoft 1
C
conectiva 1
T
trustix 1
E
engardelinux 1
S
slackware 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html http://www.osvdb.org/5824 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html http://www.osvdb.org/5824 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
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-2000-0867 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.