GCVE-VVD-CERTCC-2000-369427

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published October 3, 2000

There is an input validation vulnerability in the OpenBSD libutil system library that allows local users to gain superuser access via the chpass utility.

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Risk Scores

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impact20population12exploitation12widely_known15score_current11.16ease_of_exploitation8

Aliases

CVE-2000-0993

Transitive aliases

GHSA-qw7m-3wrp-h96f GSD-2000-0993

References

Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

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Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

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Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

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Format string vulnerability in libutil pw_error(3) function

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