Cactus Software Shell-Lock symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cactus Software Shell-Lock and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-1541. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cactus Software Shell-Lock (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

The weakness was published 10/04/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1541. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3358). atstake.com is providing further details. Similar entry is available at VDB-14884. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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10/04/1999 🔍
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06/21/2014 +5374 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14885
X-Force: 3358 - Cactus shell-lock program allows any user to execute commands with root privileges

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 01:48
Updated: 04/19/2026 14:21
Changes: 06/22/2014 01:48 (39), 04/04/2019 20:20 (11), 04/19/2026 14:21 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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