{"id":"CVE-2000-0867","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0867","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:14.306Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2000-11-14T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:38.000Z","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","slackware/slackware linux","trustix/secure linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00406,"percentile":0.34654,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/5824","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2000-032.0.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0193.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:050","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97726239017741&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv9_draht_syslogd_txt.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/5824","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-061.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000023.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5259","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0867","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."}