CVE-2000-0679

Exp

The CVS 1.10.8 client trusts pathnames that are provided by the CVS server, which allows the server to force the client to create arbitrary files.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0679 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). Core evidence: 3 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-2000-0679

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20107 exploit_db edb 2000-07-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0679

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 0.94% 0.72% -0.22%
2 2026-02-28 0.38% 0.94% +0.56%
3 2025-03-30 0.38%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0679

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