Vulnerability Details CVE-1999-1210
xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 10.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
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