{"id":"CVE-1999-0823","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0823","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:38:00.585Z","title":"Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.","description":"Buffer overflow in FreeBSD xmindpath allows local users to gain privileges via -f argument.","published":"1999-12-01T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:49:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["freebsd/freebsd"],"epss":{"score":0.00596,"percentile":0.48214,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-12-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19652,"kind":"exploit","title":"FreeBSD 3.3 - 'xmindpath' Local Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19652","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/freebsd/local/19652.c","file":"exploits/freebsd/local/19652.c","published":"1999-12-01","added":"1999-12-01","updated":"2017-11-15","author":"Brock Tellier","type":"local","platform":"freebsd","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0823","OSVDB-1150"],"tags":null,"aliases":"xmindx.c","applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/839/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/1150","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/839","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/1150","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/839","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0823","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}