CVE-1999-1390 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1390?

CVE-1999-1390 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

suidexec in suidmanager 0.18 on Debian 2.0 allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program on the command line.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1390?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1390?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1390 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-1999-1390 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1390 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

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