xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.
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Published : 1997-11-12 05:00
Updated : 2024-02-28 10:24
NVD link : CVE-1999-1210
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1210
CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1210
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Products Affected
digital
- unix
CWE