CVE-1999-0820

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-12-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0820, 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

FreeBSD seyon allows users to gain privileges via a modified PATH variable for finding the xterm and seyon-emu commands.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0820

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