CVE-1999-0821
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs
Summary
FreeBSD seyon allows local users to gain privileges by providing a malicious program in the -emulator argument.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the FreeBSD system and monitor the use of seyon to minimize risk.
Other vulnerabilities in FreeBSD seyon
See all- CVE-1999-0820Medium
A vulnerability in FreeBSD seyon allows users to gain elevated privileges via a modified PATH variable used for locating the xterm and seyon-emu commands.
- CVE-1999-0863Medium
Buffer overflow in FreeBSD seyon can occur via the HOME environmental variable, -emulator argument, -modems argument, or the GUI.
Original NVD description (English source)
FreeBSD seyon allows local users to gain privileges by providing a malicious program in the -emulator argument.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS