Vulnerability Details CVE-1999-1095
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 20.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
Products affected by CVE-1999-1095
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1
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cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3