CVE-1999-1173

Published Dec 18, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux creates a temporary working directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to (1) modify Word Perfect behavior by modifying files in the working directory, or (2) modify files of other users via a symlink attack.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:corel:wordperfect:8:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3D332FC0-CDDD-4BB6-A4D5-B2A2392F791F"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References