CVE-2000-0967

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

PHP 3 and 4 do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by triggering error messages that are improperly written to the error logs.

Affected products

PHP: 3.0, 4.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0204.html
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a101200-1.txt
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-037.0.txt
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-062.php3?dis=7.1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-088.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-095.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1786
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5359
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0204.html
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a101200-1.txt

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