Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack in passwd Command on SunOS 4.1.x

Local Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack in passwd Command on SunOS 4.1.x

CVE-1999-1388 · MEDIUM Severity

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

passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.

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