CVE-2000-1213

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

Published: 2000-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1213 is rated Moderate Risk (58.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). EPSS rose +1.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1213

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 0.53% 1.93% +1.41%
2 2025-03-30 0.59% 0.53% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1213

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1213

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-1213

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1213

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1213

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
immunix immunix 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iputils iputils <= 2000-10-10 cpe:2.3:a:iputils:iputils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1213

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