SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0224

ARCserve agent in SCO UnixWare 7.x allows local attackers to gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

EXPLOIT ✓LOW 1.2EPSS 0.56%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

ARCserve agent in SCO UnixWare 7.x allows local attackers to gain root privileges via a symlink attack.

CVSS 2.0
1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
0.56% probability · 47th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 February 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
sco/unixware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.56%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-19752source ↗SCO Unixware 7.1/7.1.1 - ARCserver /tmp Symlinksco · Shawn Brackenlocal15 February 2000yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.