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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0993

CVE-2000-0993

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.

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Affected products

13
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • NetBSD/NetBSD3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenBSD/OpenBSD5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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