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CVE-2000-0996

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2000-12-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Openbsd Openbsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References