CVE-2000-0996

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-12-19 · last changed 2026-09-23

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0996, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0996

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C