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CVE-2000-0666

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0666 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the rpc.statd component of the nfs-utils package, impacting various Linux distributions including Conectiva, Debian, RedHat, SUSE, and Trustix. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker can easily exploit it to gain complete control (root privileges) over affected systems. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, multiple public exploit codes are available on ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0esCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
26.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20077 · Aug 3, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2632 is in the 96th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0666

security flaw

Jul 16, 2000

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0206.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0230.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0236.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0260.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/4939
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-025.0.txt
cert.org / advisories/CA-2000-17.html
US Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-043.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1480
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory