CVE-1999-1499 — LOW severity vulnerability (named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy)
named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1499 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1998-04-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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