CVE-2000-0572
The Razor configuration management tool uses weak encryption for its password file, which allows local users to gain privileges.
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- mitre
Description
The Razor configuration management tool uses weak encryption for its password file, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Visible Systems Razor 4.1 - Password File (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20056local, unixpublished 16 Jun 2000Verified
- Visible Systems Razor 4.1 - Password File (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20058local, unixpublished 15 Jun 2000Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 1424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000704 Recovering Passwords in Visible Systems' Razor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2000-0568 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2000-0572)Record last updated .