CVE-1999-1498 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Slackware Linux 3.4's pkgtool utility. An attacker could exploit a symlink attack on the "reply" file to read and write to arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.6, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts limited to partial confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and while an ExploitDB entry exists, there are no Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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