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CVE-1999-1565

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 1999-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 4.0
• Earl Hood Man2Html: through 2.1

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/6291
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/24784
• http://www.osvdb.org/6291
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/24784

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