CVE-2000-1174
Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in AFS ACL parser for Ethereal 0.8.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a packet with a long username.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Ethereal - AFS Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20414remote, unixpublished 18 Nov 2000Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20001118 [hacksware] Ethereal 0.8.13 AFS ACL parsing buffer overflow bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001121 ethereal: remote exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ethereal-afs-bo(5557) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CLSA-2000:342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 1972 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2000-1159 (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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