CVE-1999-1210

Published Nov 12, 1997

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

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

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "07476CFD-859F-4AD7-8514-130E7A86BAE5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References