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A vulnerability was found in Digital Unix 3 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file dxchpwd.log of the component dxchpwd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:
dxchpwd in digital unix (osf/1) 3.x allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dxchpwd.log file.
The weakness was released 11/17/1996 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1221. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (399).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploiting
Class: Privilege escalationCWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1221 (🔍)
X-Force: 399 - dixchpwd tmpfile symlink bug
Entry
Created: 06/17/2014 05:40 PMUpdated: 05/18/2018 09:23 AM
Changes: (6) vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_av vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ac vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_au vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ci vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ii vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ai
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