{"id":"CVE-2000-0607","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0607","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:31:58.218Z","title":"Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.","description":"Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.","published":"2000-06-21T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:06.000Z","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":["debian/debian linux","mandrakesoft/mandrake linux","redhat/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01113,"percentile":0.65771,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-08-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20024,"kind":"exploit","title":"Mandrake 7.0/7.1 / RedHat Kon2 0.3.9 - '/usr/bin/fld' Input File Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20024","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/20024.c","file":"exploits/linux/local/20024.c","published":"2000-08-01","added":"2000-08-01","updated":"2017-11-15","author":"E-Ligth","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0607","OSVDB-11524"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0607","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."}