CVE-1999-1498
LowPublished
Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 6, 1998
Primary CVSS
3.6/ 10Low
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N0.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 58.5%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.
Sources
neonhaze · linux · Apr 6, 1998
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