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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 4, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0988

CVE-1999-0988

Description

UnixWare pkgtrans allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

9
  • SCO Group/Unixware8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Unixware/UnixWarellm-create

Patches

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References

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