CVE-2000-0967 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.26914.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Php	Php

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0967

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0967

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0967 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0967

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:32.006Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0967

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0967

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2000-0967 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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