CVE-1999-0433

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.71% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19257X11R6 3.3.3 - Symlinkfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux= 5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86 project x11r6= 3.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1999-03-21modified 2026-06-16

references (2)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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