What is CVE-2000-0356?

CVE-2000-0356 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Linux. Published 1999-10-13.

Is CVE-2000-0356 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux

CVE-2000-0356

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) in Red Hat Linux 6.1 does not properly lock access to disabled NIS accounts.

Published 1999-10-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Linux — versions 6.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Rahu1Singh/securin

References

www.securityfocus.com/templates/advisory.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/697 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-0356?: CVE-2000-0356 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Linux. Published 1999-10-13.
Is CVE-2000-0356 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.