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CVE-1999-1173

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CVE-1999-1173

Published: Sep 12, 2001

Modified: Aug 1, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux creates a temporary working directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to (1) modify Word Perfect behavior by modifying files in the working directory, or (2) modify files of other users via a symlink attack.

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References

19981218 wordperfect 8 for linux security
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