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CVE-2000-0749

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: none known
• Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Linux binary compatibility module in FreeBSD 3.x through 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via long filenames in the linux shadow file system.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 (+3)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0338.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1536
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1628
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5968
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0338.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1536
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1628
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5968

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