CVE-1999-1095

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-10-06 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1095, 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

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1095

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