CVE-1999-1210
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGH
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 30
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.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0