CVE-1999-1388

medium

Description

passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.

References

http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0207.html

http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0197.html

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_4/0755.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1994-05-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

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: 0.0005