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CVE-1999-1498

CVE information

Published

26 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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