security flaw
Published Aug 31, 2002
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.97%
Description
ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:087 (2000-10-18) - Red Hat Linux 7.0 - RHSA-2000:087 (2000-10-18) - Red Hat Linux 7.0j - RHSA-2000:087 (2000-10-18)
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:P/I:P/A:P
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01972) | 79.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.93% (0.01935) | 77.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00527) | 65.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01295) | 86.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00881) | 82.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00881) | 80.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 72.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 70.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1213 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616551 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1213
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-1213
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1213 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616551 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1213 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-1213 |
Change history (0)
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