PT-1998-1130 · Cops · Cops

Published

1998-06-26

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Updated

2016-10-18

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CVE-1999-1036

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions COPS version 1.04
Description The issue allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) res diff, (2) ca.src, and (3) mail.chk.
Recommendations For version 1.04, consider restricting access to the temporary files res diff, ca.src, and mail.chk to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

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Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1036

Affected Products

Cops