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CVE-1999-1541 — HIGH severity vulnerability (shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users)

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1541
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-10-04
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionshell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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