CVE-1999-1165 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU fingerd version 1.37. The service fails to properly drop root privileges, allowing local users to either gain root access through a malicious .fingerrc file or read arbitrary files via symbolic links within .plan, .forward, or .project files. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fingerd:1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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