HIGH
ISC DHCP client program dhclient allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters
Published Oct 13, 2000
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.67%
Description
ISC DHCP client program dhclient allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 3.0b1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.67% 0.06668
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06668
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06668) | 93.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06668) | 93.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.54% (0.09545) | 92.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.98% (0.10985) | 89.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.54% (0.09545) | 92.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.27% (0.02273) | 90.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 2.27% (0.02273) | 89.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.24% (0.02244) | 87.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04292) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04292) | 86.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04292) | 70.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:34.dhclient.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-008.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0247.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0014.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000628 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_56.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1388 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4772 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:34.dhclient.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD | |
| ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-008.txt.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0247.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0014.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000628 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_56.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1388 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4772 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2000
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 19, 2000
Link CVE-2000-0585
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a