Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0901 - Unspecified vulnerability in Juergen Weigert Screen 3.9.3/3.9.4/3.9.5
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg initialization variable.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 3 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 User Supplied Format String Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0901. Local exploit for bsd platform |
| id | EDB-ID:20191 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 2000-09-05 |
| published | 2000-09-05 |
| reporter | IhaQueR@IRCnet |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/20191/ |
| title | Juergen Weigert screen 3.9 User Supplied Format String Vulnerability |
Redhat
| advisories |
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References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:46.screen.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188