Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1210 - Unspecified vulnerability in Digital Unix 4.0B
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 |