CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1276

7.2 HIGH Published 1998-12-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1998-12-07
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

fte-console in the fte package before 0.46b-4.1 does not drop root privileges, which allows local users to gain root access via the virtual console device.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.1

References