CVE-1999-1173

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1998-12-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1173, 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

Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux creates a temporary working directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to (1) modify Word Perfect behavior by modifying files in the working directory, or (2) modify files of other users via a symlink attack.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1173

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