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CVE-1999-0813

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Infodrom Cfingerd: through 1.4.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0813
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0813

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