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CVE-2000-0917

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0917 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the use_syslog() function of LPRng 3.6.24, impacting distributions like Caldera, Red Hat, and Trustix. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit intelligence shows multiple public exploits, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, confirming its exploitability. Despite the high severity and public exploits, there is no evidence of active exploitation, community discussion, or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caldera:openlinux_ebuilder:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux_edesktop:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux_eserver:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
78.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: LPRng use_syslog Remote Format String Vulnerability · Sep 25, 2000
ExploitDB: EDB-16842 · Jul 3, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7866 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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-2000-0917

security flaw

Sep 25, 2000

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:56.lprng.asc
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0293.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5287
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-033.0.txt
cert.org / advisories/CA-2000-22.html
US Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-065.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1712
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory