CVE-2000-0471
Buffer overflow in ufsrestore in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long pathname.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Buffer overflow in ufsrestore in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long pathname.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 June 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% 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.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0114.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/210
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/36866US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/1398
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1348Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4711
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0114.html
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/210
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/36866US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/1398
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1348Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4711
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.