7.2High
Openbsd Openbsd
CVE-2000-0994
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.
What this means for your business
- It affects Openbsd. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Openbsd, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2000-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-23
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Openbsd Openbsd2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.