CVE-1999-0988 (GCVE-0-1999-0988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-02-04 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
UnixWare pkgtrans allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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