01 Record
CVE-2000-0901
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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.
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
- 0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.6% 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 2026-09-23.
- 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
- 2001-01-22 05:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-11-24
- 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
- 639cd634e9e69a75d89c8829f51089eb7a9fb9aa642a8f7a3ed58fb8aa1ce26d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comscreen-format-string(5188)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2000:044http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2000:058http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html
- www.novell.com20000906 screen format string parsing security problemhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html
- www.securityfocus.com20000905 screen 3.9.5 root vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-00:46ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:46.screen.asc
- www.securityfocus.com1641http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641
- archives.neohapsis.com20000906 Screen-3.7.6 local compromisehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html