Vulnerability: Arbitrary File Modification via Sort's Temporary Files and Symbolic Links

CVE-1999-1095 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.

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