{"id":"CVE-2000-0118","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0118","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:26.387Z","title":"The Red Hat Linux su program does not log failed password guesses if the su process is killed before it times out, which allows local attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.","description":"The Red Hat Linux su program does not log failed password guesses if the su process is killed before it times out, which allows local attackers to conduct brute force password guessing.","published":"1999-06-09T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:51:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["redhat/linux","sun/solaris","sun/sunos"],"epss":{"score":0.00786,"percentile":0.55851,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-06-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19255,"kind":"exploit","title":"RedHat Linux 5.2 i386/6.0 - No Logging","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19255","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/19255.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/19255.txt","published":"1999-06-09","added":"1999-06-09","updated":"2012-06-17","author":"Tani Hosokawa","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0118","OSVDB-13635"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/320/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94935300520617&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94935300520617&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0118","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}