CVE-2000-0996 in OpenBSD

Summary

Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD su program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local attackers to gain root privileges via a malformed shell.

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• Disclosure: 12/19/2000
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-16207
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-134 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00064
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0996
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0996
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2000-0996/