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CVE-2000-0901

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg initialization variable.

Affected products

• Juergen Weigert Screen: 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html

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