CVE

Id
1145  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-1165  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Proposed (20010912)  
Votes
MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) Cole, Foat  
Comments
Frech> XF:gnu-finger-privilege-dropping(7175)