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CVE-2000-0012

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0012 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the w3-msql CGI program, part of the miniSQL package, specifically affecting Hughes mSQL. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for potential exploitation. Despite its age, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 95/100, highlighting its severe nature.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hughes:msql:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19696 · Oct 28, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0989 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/898