CVE-2000-0595

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

libedit searches for the .editrc file in the current directory instead of the user's home directory, which may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by installing a modified .editrc in another directory.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0035.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1446
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1437
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-07/0035.html
http://www.osvdb.org/1446
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1437

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