CVE-1999-1332

Published Dec 31, 1999

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
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:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "040166C7-CB3A-485E-9337-CB679B779BF8",
            "versionEndIncluding": "5.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References