CVE-2000-0617

Exp

Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain additional privileges via long USER environmental variable.

Published: 2000-06-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0617 is rated Exploit Available (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0617

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20093 exploit_db edb 2000-06-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0617

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 0.15% 0.72% +0.57%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.15% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0617

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0617

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0617

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
stanley_t._shebs xconq 7.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:stanley_t._shebs:xconq:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0617

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