VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2000-1213
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-10-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.