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CVE-2000-0957

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

The pluggable authentication module for mysql (pam_mysql) before 0.4.7 does not properly cleanse user input when constructing SQL statements, which allows attackers to obtain plaintext passwords or hashes.

Affected products

• Pam Mysql: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0374.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5447
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0374.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5447

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