CVE-2000-0993
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 1.7%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJan 22
1st PoCJan 12
exploitation probability
1.7%top 26% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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 products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/243⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.ascftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.aschttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_errorhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744