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CVE

CVE-1999-1210

xterm in Digital UNIX 4.0B *with* patch kit 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a core dump file, which is created when xterm is called with a DISPLAY environmental variable set to a display that xterm cannot access.

CVSS v3.1
EPSS
0.33%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Connections
1 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Nov 12, 1997
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 16, 2026