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CVE-2000-0322

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0322 describes a critical vulnerability in the passwd.php3 CGI script within the Red Hat Piranha Virtual Server Package, affecting Red Hat Linux. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands through shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it represents a high-severity risk, indicating easy exploitation with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability, confirming readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

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
41.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: RedHat Piranha Virtual Server Package passwd.php3 Arbitrary Command Execution · Apr 4, 2000
ExploitDB: EDB-16858 · Oct 18, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4163 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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-2000-0322

security flaw

Apr 24, 2000

References

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-014.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1149
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / templates/archive.pike