CVE-2000-0585

critical

Description

ISC DHCP client program dhclient allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4772

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1388

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_56.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000628

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0014.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0247.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-06-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09545