CVE-1999-0813 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in cfingerd, specifically when the ALLOW_EXECUTION option is enabled. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges because cfingerd fails to properly drop privileges when executing programs on behalf of a user. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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