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CVE-2000-0523

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0523 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in EServ 2.9.2 and earlier, specifically within its logging feature. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted, excessively long MKD command, leading to arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or having widespread community discussion, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, suggesting a potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19997 · May 10, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0501 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0009.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/4614
securityfocus.com / bid/1315
Vendor Advisory