CVE-1999-0114

CVE-1999-0114 describes a local privilege escalation and information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Elm elm-2.4 mail package. A local attacker can exploit a symlink vulnerability within the 'filter' command to execute arbitrary commands as other users and read their files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium) due to its low attack complexity and local access requirement, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old vulnerability.