CVE-1999-1036

CVE-1999-1036 affects COPS 1.04. A local user can exploit a symlink attack on temporary files in res_diff, ca.src, and mail.chk to overwrite or create arbitrary files. The underlying issue is insecure handling of temporary files that allows a local attacker to gain unauthorized file writes. The a...

Security Update: bash creates insecure temp files

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: bash creates insecure temp files Advisory number: CSSA-2000-042.0 Issue date: 2000 November, 24 Cross reference: 1. Problem Description Bash creates temp files for here scripts insecurely. This can be...

CVE-2000-0270

The CVE affects Emacs 20’s make-temp-name Lisp function, which creates temporary files with predictable names, enabling a symlink attack. This is described by CVE-2000-0270 in NVD; connected sources note the same vulnerability. The available documents do not specify a patch version or workaround....