CVE-1999-1095

medium

Description

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1997-10-06

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: 0.00064