Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.023
Published
2000-12-11
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.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2000-11-14
The wrapper program in mailman 2.0beta3 and 2.0beta4 does not properly cleanse untrusted format strings, which allows local users to gain privileges.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2000-10-20
userhelper in the usermode package on Red Hat Linux executes non-setuid programs as root, which does not activate the security measures in glibc and allows the programs to be exploited via format string vulnerabilities in glibc via the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (CVE-2000-0844).
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2000-09-30
Buffer overflow in kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2000-06-21
Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2000-06-21
Linux xmonisdn package allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS or PATH environmental variables.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.009
Published
2000-04-27
Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2000-02-26
The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems allows local users to gain root privileges by causing sendmail to execute with arbitrary command line arguments, as demonstrated using the -C option to specify a configuration file.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.031
Published
2000-01-08
The line printer daemon (lpd) in the lpr package in multiple Linux operating systems authenticates by comparing the reverse-resolved hostname of the local machine to the hostname of the print server as returned by gethostname, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access controls by modifying the DNS for the attacking IP.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.122
Published
2000-01-08