CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1565

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to modify or delete important files, potentially leading to data loss or system disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Man2html to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to temporary files.

Original NVD description (English source)

Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

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