CVE-1999-1490 - xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable

xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable

Published Apr 2, 2003

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.93%

xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101926021&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101926034&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8787.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/362		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1471		Advisory

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 1, 2024

GitHub

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