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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-1999-1008 json

xsoldier program allows local users to gain root access via a long argument.

published 2000-04-18 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0989

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

xsoldier program allows local users to gain root access via a long argument.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-19677)

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19677 xsoldier (FreeBSD 3.3/Linux Mandrake 7.0) - Local Buffer Overflow (2) local, 2000-05-17
  • EDB-19676 xsoldier (FreeBSD 3.3/Linux Mandrake 7.0) - Local Buffer Overflow (1) local, 2000-05-17
  • EDB-229 xsoldier 0.96 (RedHat 6.2) - Local Buffer Overflow local, 2000-12-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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