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CVE-2000-0901 (GCVE-0-2000-0901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-01-22 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 05:37
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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