Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1008

Title: xsoldier long-argument privilege escalation

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1008

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 17, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.73%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1008: xsoldier program allows local users to gain root access via a long argument.

Impacted Vendors

freebsd 1

mandrakesoft 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=94531826621620&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871 http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-security&m=94531826621620&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/871

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1008 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19676

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19677

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/229

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 17, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.