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CVE-1999-1407
ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on…
Low2.1EPSS 0.39%
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Description
ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- initscripts-ifdhcpdone-dhcplog-symlink(7294) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#initscripts (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19980309 *sigh* another RH5 /tmp problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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