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CVE-2000-0219

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—Exploit
Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.95 %higher than 61% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to gain root access by booting single user and hitting ^C at the password prompt.

CVSS

Base score
7.2
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.95 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
61
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).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Linux

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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