{"id":"CVE-2000-0846","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0846","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:40:41.312Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Darxite 0.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a long username or password.","description":"Buffer overflow in Darxite 0.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a long username or password.","published":"2000-11-14T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ashley montanaro/darxite"],"epss":{"score":0.03883,"percentile":0.90152,"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":20159,"kind":"exploit","title":"Darxite 0.4 - Login Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20159","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/20159.c","file":"exploits/linux/remote/20159.c","published":"2000-08-22","added":"2000-08-22","updated":"2012-08-01","author":"Scrippie","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0846","OSVDB-1522"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1598/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.9%. 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/2000-08/0256.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1598","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5134","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0256.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1598","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5134","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0846","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."}