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CVE-2000-0867

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0867 describes a format string vulnerability in the klogd kernel logging daemon in Linux distributions such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, and Trustix. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by injecting malformed format strings into kernel messages. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:slink:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:potato:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 45th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0867

security flaw

Sep 17, 2000

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html
Vendor Advisory
frontal2.mandriva.com / security/advisories
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5259
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
osvdb.org / 5824
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
turbolinux.com / pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html