CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1036

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

COPS 1.04 allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in res_diff, ca.src, and mail.chk.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the file system, potentially leading to data loss or system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of COPS that addresses this vulnerability and to implement appropriate safeguards against symlink attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

COPS 1.04 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS