CVE-2000-0892 — Some telnet clients allow remote telnet servers to request environment variables from the client that may contain sensitive information, or remote web servers to obtain the information via a telnet: URL

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Some telnet clients allow remote telnet servers to request environment variables from the client that may contain sensitive information, or remote web servers to obtain the information via a telnet: URL

Published Mar 9, 2002

2.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.17%

Description

Some telnet clients allow remote telnet servers to request environment variables from the client that may contain sensitive information, or remote web servers to obtain the information via a telnet: URL.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.17% 0.01166

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

EPSS probability 0.01166

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.17% (0.01166)	66.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.17% (0.01166)	63.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.66% (0.00662)	69.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00208)	59.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 7, 2024	0.22% (0.00218)	59.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00110)	42.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/22404
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6644
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/22404		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6644		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 9, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 14, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0892

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0892

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0892