CVE-1999-0433

N/A

Published: September 29, 1999 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:48 PM UTC

5 products affected across 5 vendorsLinuxSUSE LinuxNetBSD

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.7%

Description

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

95%

Slackware Linux · Slackware

95%

3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0

SUSE Linux · SUSE

95%

5.1 5.2 6.0 6.1

X11R6 · XFREE86 Project

95%

3.3.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0433

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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