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CVE-1999-1499

CVE information

Published

25 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -