CVE-2000-1012 — HIGH severity vulnerability (The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibl)
The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1012 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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