CVE-1999-1008: Freebsd

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

xsoldier program allows local users to gain root access via a long argument.

Affected products

• Freebsd Freebsd: version 3.3 only
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: version 7.0 only

Published 2000-05-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.