CVE-2000-0972

lowpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

1.28% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

HP-UX 11.00 crontab allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -e option by creating a symlink to the target file during the crontab session, quitting the session, and reading the error messages that crontab generates.

cvss

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

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-195HP-UX 11.00/10.20 crontab - Overwrite Filesfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-20329HP-UX 10.20/11.0 - crontab '/tmp' Filefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
hp hp-ux= 11.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2000-12-19modified 2026-09-23

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.html enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410 enisa_euvd
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0317.htmlBroken LinkExploitVendor Advisorynvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5410Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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