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CVE-2000-0749 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the Linux binary compatibility module in)

Buffer overflow in the Linux binary compatibility module in FreeBSD 3.x through 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via long filenames in the linux shadow file system.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0749
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-10-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Linux binary compatibility module in FreeBSD 3.x through 5.x allows local users to gain root privileges via long filenames in the linux shadow file system.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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