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CVE-1999-1227

• 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: 1999-07-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.

Affected products

• Ethereal Group Ethereal: all versions

References

• http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html
• http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334
• http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html
• http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334

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