CVE-2000-1074 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the csstart program of Netscape iPlanet iCal 2.1 Patch 2. The program's use of relative pathnames for library installation allows a low-privileged icsuser account to achieve root privileges by introducing a malicious Trojan Horse library. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-accessible, low-complexity attack with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20276) confirms the existence of public exploit code, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netscape:iplanet_ical:2.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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