CVE-2000-0994
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.2
HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.4%
71.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
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Published 2000-12-19 · modified 2026-09-23
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.
Affected
References
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338