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CVE-2000-0956

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0956 describes a local authorization bypass vulnerability in Cyrus SASL versions prior to 1.5.24, specifically affecting Red Hat Linux 7.0. This flaw allows local users to circumvent intended access restrictions. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:carnegie_mellon_university:cyrus-sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0956

security flaw

Oct 26, 2000

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5427
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-094.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/1875
PatchVendor Advisory