Vulnerability CVE-1999-1269
Published: 1998-02-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

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

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
KDE -> Kde beta 3 

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