CVE-1999-1407

Published Mar 9, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog 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:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4BF54738-3C44-4FD4-AA9C-CAB2E86B1DC1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References