CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1352

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1999-09-28 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-09-28
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

mknod in Linux 2.2 follows symbolic links, which could allow local users to overwrite files or gain privileges.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.2.0

References