Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2000-0831 | Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:30.623Z
Reserved: 2000-10-18T04:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2000-0844
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2000-0844
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD