CVE-1999-1187 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-1999-1187

Pine before version 3.94 allows local users to gain privileges...

Vulnerability Description

Pine before version 3.94 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a lockfile that is created when a user receives new mail.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

university of washington

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Affected Software

pine, freebsd, slackware linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.1.0, 3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2001
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.