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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 1999· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1227

CVE-1999-1227

Description

Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.

Affected products

2

Ethereal Group/Ethereal2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

3

www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.htmlnvdVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.htmlnvdVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334nvd

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