CVE-1999-1095
Published Oct 6, 1997
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Configurations
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},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "06F2131E-F9F2-4E65-B95C-B52DB25C69F5"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
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