xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.747Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1210
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 1997-11-12T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:34.653
Link: CVE-1999-1210
Redhat
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