security flaw
Published Oct 13, 2000
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 26.32%
Description
rpc.statd in the nfs-utils package in various Linux distributions does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 1.0
- 1.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:043 (2000-07-17) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:043 (2000-07-17) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:043 (2000-07-17)
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 26.32% (0.26322) | 97.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 26.32% (0.26322) | 97.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 34.57% (0.34567) | 96.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 38.00% (0.38002) | 95.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 34.57% (0.34567) | 96.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 37.68% (0.37680) | 97.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 8.05% (0.08052) | 94.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.50% (0.05505) | 92.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-17.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1480 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0666 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616499 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4939 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0666
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0666
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.