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CVE-2000-0901
Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.97%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (7)
- screen-format-string(5188) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20000906 screen format string parsing security problem (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20000905 screen 3.9.5 root vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1641 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000906 Screen-3.7.6 local compromise (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .