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CVE-2000-1012

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-1012 is a local file disclosure vulnerability affecting FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and potentially other operating systems. It allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files by manipulating the LANG environmental variable through the catopen function. This vulnerability is rated as high severity (CVSS 7.2) due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 3,235 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

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:53.catopen.asc
PatchVendor Advisory