CVE-2000-0987

Exp

Buffer overflow in oidldapd in Oracle 8.1.6 allow local users to gain privileges via a long "connect" command line parameter.

Published: 2000-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0987 is rated Exploit Available (58.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0987

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
183 exploit_db edb 2000-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗
20312 exploit_db edb 2000-10-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0987

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 0.38% 1.36% +0.99%
2 2026-01-09 0.24% 0.38% +0.14%
3 2025-04-29 0.24%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0987

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-2000-0987

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0987

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle internet_directory 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:internet_directory:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle oracle8i 8.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0987

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