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CVE-2000-0093

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—
Severity10High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.37 %higher than 72% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An installation of Red Hat uses DES password encryption with crypt() for the initial password, instead of md5.

CVSS

Base score
10
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.37 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
72
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Linux

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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