PT-1999-1791 · Man2Html · Man2Html

Published 1999-08-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1565

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Man2html versions 2.1 and earlier

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Recommendations: For Man2html versions 2.1 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1565

Affected Products

Man2Html

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1565 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/24784 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/6291 · Note