CVE-1999-1332 — LOW severity vulnerability (gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier a)
gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1332 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1999-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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