Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1074

Title: csstart relative library path allows Trojan library execution

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-1074

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 11, 2000

Modified Date Sep 23, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.11%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1074: csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 uses relative pathnames to install the libsocket and libnsl libraries, which could allow the icsuser account to gain root privileges by creating a Trojan Horse library in the current or parent directory.

Impacted Vendors

netscape 1

Reference Links

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt http://www.osvdb.org/7209 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1769 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5757 http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt http://www.osvdb.org/7209 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1769 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5757

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-2000-1074 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20276

View Code

September 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 11, 2000 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.