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CVE-1999-0433
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
XFree86 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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |