Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1095
CVE-1999-1095
Description
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.
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