CVE-1999-1165

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing user information, which could allow local users to (1) gain root privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file, or (2) read arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan, .forward, or .project files.

GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing user information, which could allow local users to (1) gain root privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file, or (2) read arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan, .forward, or .project files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-07-21 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:01:00

Affected Software

GNU Fingerd 1.37

1.37

References

19990721 old gnu finger bugs

19950317 GNU finger 1.37 executes ~/.fingerrc with gid root

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

535

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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