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CVE-1999-0820

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FreeBSD seyon allows users to gain privileges via a modified PATH variable for finding the xterm and seyon-emu commands.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.3

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/5996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/838
• http://www.osvdb.org/5996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/838

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