CVE-1999-1095 - sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort

Published Sep 12, 2001

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.35%

Description

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1076
Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1076		Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1095

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1095

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Link EUVD-1999-1076

GitHub

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