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    CVE-2000-0844

    Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

    Published:Sep 4, 2000
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jan 22, 2001
    EPSS Score:0.00891
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Caldera
    Product
    Openlinux
    Vendor
    Caldera
    Product
    Openlinux Ebuilder
    Vendor
    Caldera
    Product
    Openlinux Eserver
    Vendor
    Conectiva
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Aix
    Vendor
    Immunix
    Product
    Immunix
    Vendor
    Mandrakesoft
    Product
    Mandrake Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Sgi
    Product
    Irix
    Vendor
    Slackware
    Product
    Slackware Linux
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Solaris
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Sunos
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux
    Vendor
    Trustix
    Product
    Secure Linux
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux

    Exploits

    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20187https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/197https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20185https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20186https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20188https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20189https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20190https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/209https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/210https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/215https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/249

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2001-0850 (CVSS 10) — A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnpri…
    CVE-2001-0851 (CVSS 5) — Linux kernel 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 with syncookies enabled allows remote attackers to bypass firewall rules by brut…
    CVE-2000-0892 (CVSS 2.6) — Some telnet clients allow remote telnet servers to request environment variables from the client that may cont…
    CVE-2000-1134 (CVSS 7.2) — Multiple shell programs on various Unix systems, including (1) tcsh, (2) csh, (3) sh, and (4) bash, follow sym…
    CVE-2000-0917 (CVSS 10) — Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitr…
    CVE-2000-0372 (CVSS 7.2) — Vulnerability in Caldera rmt command in the dump package 0.4b4 allows a local user to gain root privileges.…
    CVE-2000-0566 (CVSS 7.2) — makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.…
    CVE-2000-0530 (CVSS 7.2) — The KApplication class in the KDE 1.1.2 configuration file management capability allows local users to overwri…
    CVE-2000-0438 (CVSS 7.2) — Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary comm…

    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html
    http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634
    http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html
    http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634
    http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High