CVE-2002-0424: Efingerd

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

efingerd 1.61 and earlier, when configured without the -u option, executes .efingerd files as the efingerd user (typically "nobody"), which allows local users to gain privileges as the efingerd user by modifying their own .efingerd file and running finger.

Affected products

• Efingerd Efingerd: version 1.3 only; version 1.6.1 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.