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CVE-2000-0454

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0454 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux cdrecord utility, specifically affecting Mandrake Linux distributions. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by manipulating the 'dev' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), it presents a critical risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19969 · May 29, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 75th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0367.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0434.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0019.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1265