CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0371

Published: Feb 11, 1999 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

1.2 LOW

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0371
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Lynx allows a local user to overwrite sensitive files through /tmp symlinks.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Lynx	University_of_kansas	*	2.7.1 (including)

References

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