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CVE-2000-0949

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0949 describes a heap overflow vulnerability in the savestr function of LBNL traceroute version 1.4a5 and earlier, affecting systems running LBL traceroute on SunOS. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging the -g option. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, multiple exploit proofs-of-concept are available on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4a5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lbl:lbl_traceroute:1.4a5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-178 · Nov 15, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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-2000-0949

security flaw

Sep 28, 2000

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0344.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0357.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5311
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-034.0.txt
debian.org / security/2000/20001013
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/MDKSA-2000-053.php3
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-078.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1739
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
turbolinux.com / pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-October/000025.html