CVE-2000-0993
N/A
Published: January 22, 2001 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 23, 2026 at 03:08 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFreeBSDOpenBSDNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.ascMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_errorVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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