Vulnerability CVE-2000-0763
Published: 2000-10-20   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
xlockmore and xlockf do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the -d option.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
David bagley -> Xlock 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000815231724.A14694@subterrain.net
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1585
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000816
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0340.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0294.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0212.html
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