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CVE-1999-0864

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

UnixWare programs that dump core allow a local user to modify files via a symlink attack on the ./core.pid file.

Affected products

• Sco Unixware: 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.1.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94581379905584&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=19991203020720.13115.qmail%40nwcst289.netaddress.usa.net
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94530783815434&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94581379905584&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94606167110764&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=19991203020720.13115.qmail%40nwcst289.netaddress.usa.net

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