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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 IDCVE-1999-1498
SeverityLOW
CVSS score3.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1998-04-06
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionSlackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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