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CVE-1999-1269

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 1998-02-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Screen savers in KDE beta 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .kss.pid file.

Affected products

• Kde Beta 3: initial

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8506
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1641
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8506
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1641

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