{"id":"CVE-2000-0702","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0702","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:08.027Z","title":"The net.init rc script in HP-UX 11.00 (S008net.init) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack that points from /tmp/stcp.conf to the targeted file.","description":"The net.init rc script in HP-UX 11.00 (S008net.init) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack that points from /tmp/stcp.conf to the targeted file.","published":"2000-10-20T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:18.000Z","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":["hp/hp-ux"],"epss":{"score":0.01151,"percentile":0.66681,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-08-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20162,"kind":"exploit","title":"HP-UX 11.0 - net.init RC Script","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20162","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hp-ux/local/20162.txt","file":"exploits/hp-ux/local/20162.txt","published":"2000-08-22","added":"2000-08-22","updated":"2012-08-01","author":"Kyong-won Cho","type":"local","platform":"hp-ux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0702","OSVDB-1525"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1602/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0261.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1602","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5131","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0261.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1602","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5131","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0702","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."}