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CVE-1999-0761

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD fts library routines allows local user to modify arbitrary files via the periodic program.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 1.1.5.1, 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.5, 2.1.7.1 (+9)

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/1074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/644
• http://www.osvdb.org/1074
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/644

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