CVE-2000-0993

2001-01-2205:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%

JSON

Format string vulnerability in pw_error function in BSD libutil library allows local users to gain root privileges via a malformed password in commands such as chpass or passwd.

References

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc

marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2

www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error

www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339