CVE-2000-0994 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in OpenBSD fstat program (and possibly other BSD-based operating systems) allows local users to gain root privileges via the PWD environmental variable.

Reference

ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.7/common/028_format_strings.patch http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97068555106135&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1746 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5338