CVE-1999-1498 — LOW severity vulnerability (Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read an)
Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1498 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 3.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-04-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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