CVE-1999-0433

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0433
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-03-21 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionXFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All i386 All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 3.3 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 3.4 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 3.5 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 3.6 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 5.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 6.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 3.3.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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