CVE-1999-1210

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…

published September 12, 2001

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
25.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00331 · 25.0th percentile
Published
2001-09-12T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 04:00Z
    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…
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