CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1227
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-07-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
Affected configurations
• ethereal group ethereal
References
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com