CVE-2000-0994

OpenBSD - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD fstat program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local users to gain root privileges via the PWD environmental variable.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by K2 · clocalopenbsd

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20256

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Patch] ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746

Scores

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 61.7%

Details

Status published

Products (5)

openbsd/openbsd 2.3

openbsd/openbsd 2.4

openbsd/openbsd 2.5

openbsd/openbsd 2.6

openbsd/openbsd 2.7

Published Dec 19, 2000

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026