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CVE-1999-1008

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2000-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xsoldier program allows local users to gain root access via a long argument.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 3.3
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 7.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=94531826621620&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871
• http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=94531826621620&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871

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