CVE-1999-1221

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1996-11-17 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1221, 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

dxchpwd in Digital Unix (OSF/1) 3.x allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dxchpwd.log file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1221

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