CVE-1999-1095 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1076	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

Slackware Slackware Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.649Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1095

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-10-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1095

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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