CVE-2000-0072 — Visual Casel (Vcasel) does not properly prevent users from executing files, which allows local users to use a relative pathname to specify an alternate file which has an approved name and possibly gain privileges

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MEDIUM

Visual Casel (Vcasel) does not properly prevent users from executing files, which allows local users to use a relative pathname to specify an alternate file which has an approved name and possibly gain privileges

Published Jun 25, 2002

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

Visual Casel (Vcasel) does not properly prevent users from executing files, which allows local users to use a relative pathname to specify an alternate file which has an approved name and possibly gain privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00335

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00335

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00335)	24.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00335)	25.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00079)	20.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94823061421676&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/3867.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/937
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94823061421676&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/3867.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/937		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 25, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 22, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0072

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0072

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0072