| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-0998 (CCN-5486) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-11-01 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-11-01 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-05 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Format string vulnerability in top program allows local attackers to gain root privileges via the "kill" or "renice" function. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: FREEBSD Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:62 Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD FTP site OpenBSD 2.7 source level patches for printf-style format string bugs Source: MISC Type: UNKNOWN ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Nov 14 2001 - 10:54:30 CST SCO skunkware top format strings issue Source: CCN Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-00:62 top allows reading of kernel memory Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-0998 Source: CCN Type: Group Sys Consulting Web site Unix Top Source: CCN Type: OpenBSD Security Fix 028, Oct 6, 2000 There are printf-style format string bugs in several privileged programs. Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 12801 William LeFebvre top Multiple Function Format String Source: BID Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 1895 Source: CCN Type: BID-1895 Multiple Vendor top Format String Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN top-format-string(5486) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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