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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2000-0009 json

The bna_pass program in Optivity NETarchitect uses the PATH environmental variable for finding the "rm" program, which allows local users t…

published 1999-12-29 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0009

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The bna_pass program in Optivity NETarchitect uses the PATH environmental variable for finding the "rm" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-19704)

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19704 Nortel Networks Optivity NETarchitect 2.0 - PATH local, 1999-12-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.