CVE-2000-0867
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Kernel logging daemon (klogd) in Linux does not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges by triggering malformed kernel messages.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · mandrakesoft/mandrake linux · redhat/linux · slackware/slackware linux · trustix/secure linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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.
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5824
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5824
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.