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CVE-2000-0357

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.56 %higher than 75% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

ORBit and esound in Red Hat Linux 6.1 do not use sufficiently random numbers, which allows local users to guess the authentication keys.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.56 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
75
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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