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CVE-2000-1041: Swen Thuemmler Ypbind: Privilege escalation
CVE-2000-1041 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Swen Thuemmler Ypbind. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Buffer overflow in ypbind 3.3 possibly allows an attacker to gain root privileges.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Swen Thuemmler Ypbind: 3.3