CVE-1999-1328

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1999-12-31 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1328, 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

linuxconf before 1.11.r11-rh3 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access via a symlink attack.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1328

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