VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0994
Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD fstat program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local users to gain root privileges via the PWD environmental variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD fstat program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local users to gain root privileges via the PWD environmental variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbsd/openbsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patchPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patchPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.