CVE-2000-0967 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 20.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
PHP 3 and 4 do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by triggering error messages that are improperly written to the error logs.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 20.63% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-12-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-23 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 3.0.16/4.0.2 - Remote Format Overflow | 2000-12-06 |
| exploit-db | PHP 3.0/4.0 - Error Logging Format String | 2000-10-12 |
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:75.php.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0204.html
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a101200-1.txt
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-037.0.txt
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-062.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-088.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-095.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1786
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5359
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:75.php.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0204.html
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a101200-1.txt
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-037.0.txt
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-062.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-088.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-095.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1786
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5359
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