CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0993

7.2 HIGH Published 2000-12-19 Modified 2026-09-23 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-12-19
Last modified
2026-09-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd 3.2 • freebsd freebsd 3.3 • freebsd freebsd 3.4 • freebsd freebsd 3.5 • freebsd freebsd 4.0 • netbsd netbsd 1.4 • netbsd netbsd 1.4.1 • netbsd netbsd 1.4.2 • openbsd openbsd 2.3 • openbsd openbsd 2.4 • openbsd openbsd 2.5 • openbsd openbsd 2.6 • openbsd openbsd 2.7

References