CVE-1999-1388

The CVE-1999-1388 entry concerns SunOS 4.1.x, where the passwd utility is vulnerable to a local symlink attack via the -F command line argument. This allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, due to the underlying symlink race condition in passwd. The affected component is the passwd progr...

CVE-1999-1388

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