{"id":"CVE-2000-0390","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0390","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:29.530Z","title":"Buffer overflow in krb425_conv_principal function in Kerberos 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.","description":"Buffer overflow in krb425_conv_principal function in Kerberos 5 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.","published":"2000-05-16T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:51:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["cygnus/cygnus network security","cygnus/kerbnet","mit/kerberos","mit/kerberos 5","redhat/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04027,"percentile":0.90518,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0184.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-05/0295.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-06.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/4884","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-025.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1220","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0184.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-05/0295.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-06.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/4884","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-025.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1220","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0390","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."}