CVE-2000-0733 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Telnetd telnet server in IRIX 5.2 through 6.1 does not properly cleans user-injected format strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long RLD variable in the IAC-SB-TELOPT_ENVIRON request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 12.41% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-10-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sgi | irix |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | IRIX 5.2/5.3/6.x - TelnetD Environment Variable Format String | 2000-07-01 |
References
- ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/security/20000801-02-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0154.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1572
- ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/security/20000801-02-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0154.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1572
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