CVE-2000-0763 (GCVE-0-2000-0763)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-10-13 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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| http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/20… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pi… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Date Public
2000-08-15 00:00
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