CVE-2000-0693 — pgxconfig in the Raptor GFX configuration tool uses a relative path name for a system call to the "cp" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying their path to point to an alternate "cp" program

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pgxconfig in the Raptor GFX configuration tool uses a relative path name for a system call to the "cp" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying their path to point to an alternate "cp" program

Published May 7, 2001

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.02%

Description

pgxconfig in the Raptor GFX configuration tool uses a relative path name for a system call to the "cp" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying their path to point to an alternate "cp" program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.02% 0.01017

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

EPSS probability 0.01017

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	1.02% (0.01017)	62.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.02% (0.01017)	58.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.12% (0.00117)	28.13th	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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0463.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1501
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1563
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0463.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1501		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1563		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 7, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Sep 19, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0693

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0693

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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