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CVE-2000-0993

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% 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 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.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.0
• Netbsd: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
• OpenBSD: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339

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