CVE-2000-0668

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

7.24% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

pam_console PAM module in Linux systems allows a user to access the system console and reboot the system when a display manager such as gdm or kdm has XDMCP enabled.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20105Conectiva 4.x/5.x / RedHat 6.x - pam_console Remote Userfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
conectiva linux= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux= 4.0esnvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux= 4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
michael k. johnson pam console= 0.66nvdUScpe:2.3:a:michael_k._johnson:pam_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
michael k. johnson pam console= 0.72_unpatchednvdUScpe:2.3:a:michael_k._johnson:pam_console:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-07-27modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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