CVE-1999-1498

lowpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.88% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

2 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

cvss

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

3.6

010

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

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v2.03.2lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-31USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
slackware slackware linux= 3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 1998-04-06modified 2026-06-16

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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