CVE-1999-0434

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.10% (66th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

XFree86 xfs 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.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
caldera openlinux= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux= 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse linux= 5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 1999-03-30modified 2026-06-16

references (2)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/359 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/359PatchVendor Advisorynvd

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