CVE-1999-0813

Summary

CVE-1999-0813 is a vulnerability affecting the cfingerd service with the ALLOW_EXECUTION feature enabled. This issue permits local users to elevate their privileges to root, as cfingerd fails to drop privileges correctly while executing programs on their behalf. This security flaw can lead to serious security implications, including unauthorized access and system compromise. It is strongly recommended that system administrators disable the ALLOW_EXECUTION option for cfingerd to mitigate this risk.

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