CVE-2000-1042
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
10.0
HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
2.0%
79.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2000-12-11 · modified 2026-09-23
CVSS breakdown
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Authentication | N | None |
| Confidentiality | C | Complete |
| Integrity | C | Complete |
| Availability | C | Complete |
Timeline
- 2000-12-11 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-23 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
Buffer overflow in ypserv in Mandrake Linux 7.1 and earlier, and possibly other Linux operating systems, allows an attacker to gain root privileges when ypserv is built without a vsyslog() function.