Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-1999-0720

The pt_chown command in Linux allows local users to modify TTY terminal devices that belong to other users.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.20.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)