01 Record
CVE-1999-1227
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-09-12 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 81e0ac1ae62cb5058e93febfd5a272f4c145f60ba76c8cd707651762c85771b2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comethereal-dev-capturec-root(3334)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334
- www.ethereal.comhttp://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html
- www.ethereal.comhttp://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html