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CVE-2000-0749

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0749 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux binary compatibility module within FreeBSD versions 3.x through 5.x. This flaw allows local users to achieve root privileges by supplying excessively long filenames within the Linux shadow file system. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th 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/freebsd/2000-08/0338.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5968
osvdb.org / 1536
securityfocus.com / bid/1628
PatchVendor Advisory