CVE-2000-1072

Exp

iCal 2.1 Patch 2 installs many files with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to modify the iCal configuration and execute arbitrary commands by replacing the iplncal.sh program with a Trojan horse.

Published: 2000-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1072 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2000-1072

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20275 exploit_db edb 2000-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1072

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 2026-02-21 0.19% 0.40% +0.21%
2 2025-03-30 0.26% 0.19% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1072

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1072

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1072

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape iplanet_ical 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:iplanet_ical:2.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1072

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