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CVE-1999-1210

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Published: Nov 12, 1997Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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7.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Digital: Unix
1 product
Unix
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 4.0b

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