PT-2000-1695 · Xlockf+1 · Xlockf+1

Published

2000-10-20

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Updated

2008-09-05

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CVE-2000-0763

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xlockmore and xlockf (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue arises from xlockmore and xlockf not properly cleansing user-injected format strings. This allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
Recommendations For xlockmore and xlockf, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0763

Affected Products

Xlockf
Xlockmore