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CVE-2000-0969
Format string vulnerability in Half Life dedicated server build 3104 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by…
High10.0EPSS 3.5%
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Description
Format string vulnerability in Half Life dedicated server build 3104 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting format strings into the changelevel command, via the system console or rcon.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- halflife-rcon-format-string(5413) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20001024 Tamandua Sekure Labs Security Advisory 2000-01 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001016 Half-Life Dedicated Server Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20001027 Re: Half Life dedicated server Patch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .