CVE-1999-1095

highpriority · track · 29OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.

cvss

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

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-345USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat linux= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware linux= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_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 1997-10-06modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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