Format String Vulnerability in Screen 3.9.5 and Earlier: Local Privilege Escalation via vbell_msg Initialization Variable

CVE-2000-0901 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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