VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1541
shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cactus software/shell-lock
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93916168802365&w=2
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/1999/shell-lock.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3358
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93916168802365&w=2
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/1999/shell-lock.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3358
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.