01 Record
CVE-2000-0763
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 85e3823ddc834f69db77b92270635281d3782a9aac1af01cc7c68b01013c5682
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.debian.org20000816 xlockmore: possible shadow file compromisehttp://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816
- archives.neohapsis.comFreeBSD-SA-00:44.xlockmorehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html
- www.securityfocus.com20000816 xlock vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694%40subterrain.net
- archives.neohapsis.com20000823 MDKSA-2000:038 - xlockmore updatehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html
- www.securityfocus.com1585http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585
- archives.neohapsis.com20000817 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xlockmorehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html