Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1210
CVE-1999-1210
Description
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.
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2- cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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