CVE-2000-0390 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the krb425_conv_principal function of Kerberos 5, impacting products from Cygnus, MIT, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating it is easily exploitable remotely without authentication and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, effectively granting attackers root privileges. Despite its severe nature and age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cygnus:cygnus_network_security:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cygnus:kerbnet:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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