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Status published
Medium
CVE-1999-1565
Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...
Vulnerability Description
Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
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
earl hood
View all reports →Affected Software
man2html, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 9th, 2002
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.