Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0949

Title: traceroute savestr heap overflow via -g allows local code execution

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0949

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 19, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0949: Heap overflow in savestr function in LBNL traceroute 1.4a5 and earlier allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via the -g option.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0344.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0357.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-034.0.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001013 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-053.php3?dis=7.1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-078.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739 http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-October/000025.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5311 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0344.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0357.html http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-034.0.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001013 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-053.php3?dis=7.1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-078.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739 http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-October/000025.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5311
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-2000-0949 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/178
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20250
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20251
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20252
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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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.