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CVE-2000-1073
csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 searches for the cshttpd program in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain…
High7.2EPSS 0.49%
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- mitre
Description
csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 searches for the cshttpd program in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a Trojan Horse cshttpd program in a directory and calling csstart from that directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% 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 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- ical-csstart-gain-access(5757) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7210 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- A100900-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEx_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)
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