CVE-2000-0442

Exp

Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl command.

Published: 2000-05-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0442 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.99%). Core evidence: 1 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0442

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19955 exploit_db edb 2000-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0442

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 2025-03-30 5.34% 3.99% -1.35%
2 2025-03-29 3.99% 5.34% +1.35%
3 2025-03-17 3.99%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0442

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0442

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0442

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm qpopper 2.52 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:2.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm qpopper 2.53 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:2.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun cobalt_raq_2 cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun cobalt_raq_3i cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0442

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