CVE-2000-1121

Exp

Buffer overflow in enq command in IBM AIX 4.3.x and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long -M argument.

Published: 2001-01-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1121 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). 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-2000-1121

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20454 exploit_db edb 2003-04-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1121

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 0.12% 0.99% +0.87%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.12% +0.08%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1121

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-2000-1121

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1121

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1121

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