CVE-1999-1407 — LOW severity vulnerability (ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5)
ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1407 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1998-03-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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