Vulnerability CVE-1999-1210
Published: 1997-11-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Digital -> UNIX 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87936891504885&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/613
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