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CVE-2000-1213

7.5
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
1.93%
LOW RiskEPSS (77th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, does not drop privileges after acquiring a raw socket, which increases ping's exposure to bugs that otherwise would occur at lower privileges.

Published: 10/18/2000
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

1.93%LOW Exploitation Risk
77th percentile

This vulnerability has a 1.93% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other