CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1165

7.2 HIGH Published 1999-07-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-07-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing user information, which could allow local users to (1) gain root privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file, or (2) read arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan, .forward, or .project files.

Affected configurations

• gnu fingerd 1.37

References