CVE-1999-1407

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1998-03-09 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1407, 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

ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1407

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