CVE-2000-1073

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

csstart program in iCal 2.1 Patch 2 searches for the cshttpd program in the current working directory, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a Trojan Horse cshttpd program in a directory and calling csstart from that directory.

Affected products

Netscape Iplanet Ical: 2.1-patch2

References

http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/7210
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5757
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a100900-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/7210
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1769
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5757

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