CVE-2000-0993
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339
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