CVE-1999-0730 describes a critical vulnerability in the zsoelim program within the Debian man-db package, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a high severity with network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is confirmed and it's not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19243) exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.