CVE-2000-0993

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published12/19/2000

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

freebsd:freebsdnetbsd:netbsdopenbsd:openbsd

References

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc(cve@mitre.org)

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc(cve@mitre.org)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339(cve@mitre.org)

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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