CVE-1999-1037

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-06-26 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1037, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

rex.satan in SATAN 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rex.$$ file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1037

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C