Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1095
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 | |
| OS | 1 |