CVE-2000-0993

BSD chpass - 'pw_error' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-11-24 CVE Reserved
2000-12-19 CVE Published
2001-01-12 First Exploit
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5339	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/243	2001-01-12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1744	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:58.chpass.asc	2017-10-10
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-015.txt.asc	2017-10-10
http://www.openbsd.org/errata27.html#pw_error	2017-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				3.2 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "3.2"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				3.3 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "3.3"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				3.4 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "3.4"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				3.5 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				4.0 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.4 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.4"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.3 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.3"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.4 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.4"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.5 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.5"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.6 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.6"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				2.7 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "2.7"		-		Affected