CVE-2000-0993

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.67% (77th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Format string vulnerability in pw_error function in BSD libutil library allows local users to gain root privileges via a malformed password in commands such as chpass or passwd.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USLLM-inferredCWE-269USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-243BSD chpass - 'pw_error(3)' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
freebsd freebsd= 3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd= 2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd= 2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd= 2.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd= 2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2000-12-19modified 2026-09-23

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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