CVE-1999-1037

medium

Description

rex.satan in SATAN 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rex.$$ file.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/3147

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7167.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125986&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125976&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-06-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061