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CVE-2001-0559
crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error...
CVE-1999-1326
Wu-FTPD ABOR privilege escalation (CVE-1999-1326) affects the wu-ftpd server. The vulnerability arises when handling an ABOR after a data connection has closed, due to a flaw in the dologout() path that can allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges (potentially root). Exploitation could...
CVE-1999-1165
GNU fingerd 1.37 is affected. The flaw is failure to drop privileges before accessing user information, enabling local attackers to (1) gain root via a malicious .fingerrc and (2) read arbitrary files via .plan/.forward/.project symbolic links. No patch/version or remediation is specified in the ...