PT-2000-1906 · Openbsd · Openbsd Su

Published 2000-12-19 · Updated 2018-05-03 · CVE-2000-0996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD su program (affected versions not specified)

Description A format string issue in the su program of OpenBSD, and potentially other BSD-based systems, allows local attackers to elevate their privileges to root by providing a specially crafted shell command.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0996

Affected Products

Openbsd Su

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0996 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5636 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/6124 · Note