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Unscored Public exploit CVE-1999-0820 EUVD-1999-0801GHSA-7v47-cj5p-r739

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

Published Jul 12, 2000 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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