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CVE-2000-1213
ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges…
High7.5EPSS 2.0%
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Description
ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% 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 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- RHSA-2000:087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20001025 Immunix OS Security Update for ping package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001030 Trustix Security Advisory - ping gnupg ypbind (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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