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CVE-2000-0296 — HIGH severity vulnerability (fcheck allows local users to gain privileges by embedding sh)

fcheck allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell metacharacters into file names that are processed by fcheck.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0296
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-03-31
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionfcheck allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell metacharacters into file names that are processed by fcheck.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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