CVE-1999-1095 — HIGH severity vulnerability (sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, whi)
sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1095 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-10-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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