CVE-1999-1269 — LOW severity vulnerability (Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite)
Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1269 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-02-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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