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CVE-1999-1210

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1997-11-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-1999-1210
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD 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.