CVE-2000-0515 describes a critical vulnerability in HP-UX 11.0 where the snmpd.conf configuration file for the SNMP daemon is world-writable. This misconfiguration allows local users to arbitrarily modify SNMP settings, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system compromise. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, which is typical for older CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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.