CVE-2000-0536

Exp

xinetd 2.1.8.x does not properly restrict connections if hostnames are used for access control and the connecting host does not have a reverse DNS entry.

Published: 2000-06-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0536 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.14%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0536

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0536

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 2026-06-15 0.44% 2.14% +1.70%
2 2025-10-14 0.49% 0.44% -0.05%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0536

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-2000-0536

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0536

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xinetd xinetd 2.1.87 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.88 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.88_pre1 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.88_pre2 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.88_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.89_pre1 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.89_pre2 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.89_pre3 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.89_pre4 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.1.89_pre5 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.1.89_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0536

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