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CVE-1999-0836

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

UnixWare uidadmin allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/842
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=19991202160111.20553.qmail%40nwcst282.netaddress.usa.net
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/842
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=19991202160111.20553.qmail%40nwcst282.netaddress.usa.net

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