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

CVE-2000-0996

Description

Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD su program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local attackers to gain root privileges via a malformed shell.

Affected products

OpenBSD/OpenBSD
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patchnvdPatch
www.osvdb.org/6124nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5636nvd

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