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CVE-1999-1210
Published: Sep 12, 2001
Modified: Aug 1, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
dec-xterm(613)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
19971112 Digital Unix Security Problem
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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