CVE-2000-0867: Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- 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: 0.40% (FIRST EPSS).
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
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
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
- Published
- Nov 14, 2000
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 35th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
28
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
| mandrakesoft | mandrake linux | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux |
| redhat | linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux |
| slackware | slackware linux | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux |
| trustix | secure linux | cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux2.1
- debian debian linux2.2
- mandrakesoft mandrake linux6.0
- mandrakesoft mandrake linux6.1
- mandrakesoft mandrake linux7.0
- mandrakesoft mandrake linux7.1
- redhat linux5.2
- redhat linux6.2
- slackware slackware linuxall versions
- trustix secure linux1.1
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2000-0607Jun 21, 2000 · Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file…28Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2000-0584Jul 2, 2000 · Buffer overflow in Canna input system allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an SR_INIT command with a long user name or…42Plan
- Later →CVE-2000-1135Jan 9, 2001 · fshd (fsh daemon) in Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.18Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html
- frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
- www.osvdb.org/5824
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
- www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.