CVE-2000-1074

Exp

csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 uses relative pathnames to install the libsocket and libnsl libraries, which could allow the icsuser account to gain root privileges by creating a Trojan Horse library in the current or parent directory.

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-2000-1074 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.05%, 91th percentile). 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-2000-1074

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20276 exploit_db edb 2000-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1074

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 6.46% 7.05% +0.58%
2 2025-06-11 4.74% 6.46% +1.73%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.74% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1074

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1074

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1074

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

References for CVE-2000-1074

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