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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2000-0520 json

Buffer overflow in restore program 0.4b17 and earlier in dump package allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long tape name.

published 2000-06-07 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0517

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in restore program 0.4b17 and earlier in dump package allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long tape name.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2000-0520 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20004)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20004 Stelian Pop dump 0.4 - restore Buffer Overflow local, 2000-06-07
  • bugzilla.redhat.com http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11880 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

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