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

CVE-2000-0994

CVE-2000-0994

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.

Affected products

5
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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References

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