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CVE-1999-0720

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The pt_chown command in Linux allows local users to modify TTY terminal devices that belong to other users.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/597
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=lcamtuf.4.05.9907041223290.355-300000%40nimue.ids.pl
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/597
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=lcamtuf.4.05.9907041223290.355-300000%40nimue.ids.pl

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