CVE-2000-0374: The default configuration of kdm in Caldera and Mandrake Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows XDMCP connections from any host…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 41/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.2% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The default configuration of kdm in Caldera and Mandrake Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows XDMCP connections from any host, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or bypass additional access restrictions.
- Published
- Aug 22, 1999
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.2% · 91th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
41
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- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.2%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| caldera | openlinux | cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- caldera openlinux2.2
- caldera openlinux2.3
Same product
caldera: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2001-0850A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could…41Plan
- CVE-2000-0370The debug option in Caldera Linux smail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the -D option for the rmail…41Plan
- CVE-1999-0434XFree86 xfs command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing…30Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-1999-0104Dec 16, 1997 · A later variation on the Teardrop IP denial of service attack, a.k.a.23Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-1999-0731Jun 23, 1999 · The KDE klock program allows local users to unlock a session using malformed input.18Monitor
- Later →CVE-2000-0369Oct 8, 1999 · The IDENT server in Caldera Linux 2.3 creates multiple threads for each IDENT request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…21Monitor
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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