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CVE-2000-0996

• 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: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD su program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local attackers to gain root privileges via a malformed shell.

Affected products

• OpenBSD: all versions

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/6124
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5636
• http://www.osvdb.org/6124
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5636

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