CVE-1999-1269 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 2.1 Low

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde_beta_3:initial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1250	Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00112.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8506
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1641

History

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Subscriptions

Kde Kde Beta 3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.886Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1269

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-02-06T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1269

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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