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CVE-1999-1037

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-06-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rex.satan in SATAN 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rex.$$ file.

Affected products

• Coast Satan: 1.1.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125976&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125986&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7167.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/3147
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125976&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125986&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7167.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/3147

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