VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1227
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ethereal group/ethereal
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.htmlVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.htmlVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.htmlVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.htmlVendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.