CVE-2000-0157 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in NetBSD on VAX systems, where a local user can gain elevated privileges by manipulating the Process Status Longword (PSL) during a ptrace debugging call. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a critical impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, achievable with low attack complexity and no authentication. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.