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CVE-1999-1407

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 5.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88950856416985&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7294.php
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#initscripts
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/368
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88950856416985&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7294.php
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#initscripts
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/368

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