security flaw
Published Jan 22, 2001
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.97%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.9.3
- 3.9.4
- 3.9.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following product: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:058 (2000-09-07)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.97% (0.00970) | 60.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.97% (0.00970) | 57.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 40.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:46.screen.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0901 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616522 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0901
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0901
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:46.screen.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0530.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/updates/MDKSA-2000-044.php3 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv6_draht_screen_txt.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-058.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80178 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1641 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0901 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616522 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5188 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0901 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0901 |
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