CVE-2000-0249 describes a critical vulnerability in IBM AIX's Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA). This flaw allows local users to arbitrarily modify files through the frcactrl program's configuration capabilities. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.