CVE-1999-0761

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-09-16 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0761, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD fts library routines allows local user to modify arbitrary files via the periodic program.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0761

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