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CVE-2000-0997

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0997 describes format string vulnerabilities within the 'eeprom' program, affecting OpenBSD and NetBSD operating systems. This flaw allows local attackers to achieve root privileges, posing a significant security risk. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

ftp.openbsd.org / pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5337
securityfocus.com / bid/1752
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