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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2000-0172 json

The mtr program only uses a seteuid call when attempting to drop privileges, which could allow local users to gain root privileges.

published 2000-03-03 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0171

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 mtr program only uses a seteuid call when attempting to drop privileges, which could allow local users to gain root privileges.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19796)
  2. Published

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-19796 Matt Kimball and Roger Wolff mtr 0.28/0.41 / Turbolinux 3.5 b2/4.2/4.4/6.0 - mtr (2) local, 2000-03-03

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.