PT-1998-1131 · Satan · Satan

Published 1998-06-26 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SATAN version 1.1.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rex.$$ file.

Recommendations For SATAN version 1.1.1, consider restricting access to the /tmp/rex.$$ file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1037

Affected Products

Satan

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1037 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125976&w=2 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7167.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103125986&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/3147 · Note