CVE-1999-1210
First published: Wed Nov 12 1997(Updated: )
xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Digital UNIX | =4.0b |
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