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CVE-2000-0844in critical feed11 exploits

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attacke…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
15.6%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
11
Exploit-DB

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

15.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-249 GLIBC locale - Format Strings · local · 2003-01-15
  • EDB-215 GLIBC locale - bug mount · local · 2000-12-02
  • EDB-210 Solaris 2.6/7.0 - 'locale' Format Strings noexec stack Overflow · local · 2000-11-30
  • EDB-209 GLIBC - '/bin/su' Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2000-11-30
  • EDB-20190 Libc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (2) · local · 2000-09-04
  • EDB-20189 Libc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (1) · local · 2000-09-04
  • EDB-20188 Solaris 2.6/7.0 'eject' locale - Subsystem Format String · local · 2000-09-08
  • EDB-20187 Immunix OS 6.2 - LC glibc format string · local · 2000-09-04
  • EDB-20186 Solaris 2.6/7.0 /locale - Subsystem Format String · local · 2000-11-02
  • EDB-20185 RedHat 6 GLIBC/locale - Subsystem Format String · local · 2000-09-06
  • EDB-197 Solaris/SPARC 2.7 / 7 locale - Format String · local · 2000-11-20

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_COMPAQ, x_transferred
  • turbolinux.com /pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TURBO, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2000/20000902 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_AIXAPAR, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1634 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • calderasystems.com /support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CALDERA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/5176 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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