The web GUI for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software in the Red Hat Linux Piranha package has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0248 is rated High Exploit Risk (89/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.29%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16858 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-10-18 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 19879 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-04-24 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-26 | 75.88% | 75.29% | -0.59% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 80.48% | 75.88% | -4.60% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 80.48% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0248 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise46.php3 | Patch Vendor Advisory |