VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2000-1011
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2000-12-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.