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CVE-2000-0763
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
Affected products
- David Bagley Xlock: 4.16, 4.16.1
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694%40subterrain.net
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694%40subterrain.net
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