Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0917

RCE

Title: LPRng use_syslog format-string vulnerability

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0917

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 19, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
78.66%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0917: Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Impacted Vendors

C
caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:56.lprng.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-22.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1712 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5287 ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:56.lprng.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-22.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1712 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5287
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-2000-0917 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/227
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16842
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/226
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/230
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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.