CVE-2000-0993
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
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
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 3.5 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| freebsd | freebsd | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netbsd | netbsd | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netbsd | netbsd | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| netbsd | netbsd | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openbsd | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openbsd | 2.4 | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%