CVE-1999-1227 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via)
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1227 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1999-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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