CVE-1999-0813
N/A
Published: April 18, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCfingerd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Cfingerd with ALLOW_EXECUTION enabled does not properly drop privileges when it executes a program on behalf of the user, allowing local users to gain root privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.4.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0813Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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