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CVE-1999-1269

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CVE-1999-1269

Published: Sep 12, 2001

Modified: Aug 1, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

kde-kss-file-clobber(1641)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
19980206 serious security hole in KDE Beta 3
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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