CVE-2000-0993 (GCVE-0-2000-0993)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-01-22 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 05:37
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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