Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in GNU fingerd 1.37

CVE-1999-1165 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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