CVE-1999-0864 (GCVE-0-1999-0864)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-06-02 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:55
VLAI
Summary
UnixWare programs that dump core allow a local user to modify files via a symlink attack on the ./core.pid file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/851 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pi… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
1999-12-02 00:00
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