Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux
CVE-1999-1490
xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.
EPSS: 0.009 (56.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Redhat Linux — versions 5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)