CVE-1999-0813

HIGH 7.2CVE-1999-0813 · Published 10/08/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-0813 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting cfingerd (infodrom).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.47%, higher than 40.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cfingerd infodrom	`≤ 1.4.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0813

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