CVE-2000-1103 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line.

Published: 2000-12-19

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0.1:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-1088	rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00317.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bsdi Bsd Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.362Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1103

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-1103

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2000-11-27T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2005-11-02T10:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "20001127 BSDi 3.0/4.0 rcvtty gid=tty exploit... (mh package)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120"}, {"name": "2009", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2000-1103", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "20001127 BSDi 3.0/4.0 rcvtty gid=tty exploit... (mh package)", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120"}, {"name": "2009", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:45:37.362Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "20001127 BSDi 3.0/4.0 rcvtty gid=tty exploit... (mh package)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120"}, {"name": "2009", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2000-1103", "datePublished": "2000-12-19T05:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-08T05:45:37.362Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "99235B00-0050-42BF-99EF-FCDD72D8627D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "950CE88E-E396-4D32-AC9D-B76EB2B537C6", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "7ECF99E9-1C3B-4D8F-A52E-28D0BFEB2E9D", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "A37687D5-1239-474B-994C-C638AB9B105B", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "rcvtty in BSD 3.0 and 4.0 does not properly drop privileges before executing a script, which allows local attackers to gain privileges by specifying an alternate Trojan horse script on the command line."}], "id": "CVE-2000-1103", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.2, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2001-01-09T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/147120"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2009"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}