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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1269

CVE-1999-1269

Description

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

Affected products

2

KDE/Kde Beta 3
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde_beta_3:initial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
KDE/Kdellm-fuzzy
Range: beta 3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8506nvdPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1641nvd

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