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CVE-2000-0269

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0269 describes a vulnerability in Emacs 20 where improper permissions on slave PTY devices allow local users to intercept or alter communications between Emacs and its subprocesses. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0269

security flaw

Apr 18, 2000

References

securityfocus.com / bid/1125
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / templates/archive.pike