CVE-1999-1173 describes a vulnerability in Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux, where the application creates a world-writable temporary directory. This misconfiguration allows local attackers to alter WordPerfect's behavior by modifying files within this directory or to manipulate other users' files through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required for a partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:corel:wordperfect:8:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.