CVE-ID

CVE-1999-1459
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Description
BMC PATROL Agent before 3.2.07 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20010831 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20010912)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(2) Cole, Frech
NOOP(3) Christey, Foat, Wall
Comments (Legacy) 
 Christey> The vendor has acknowledged this vulnerability via e-mail.  It
   has been fixed.
   
   NOTE: despite the fact that this candidate has been acknowledged
   and fixed by the vendor, it is affected by the CVE content
   decision CD:SF-LOC.  It cannot be accepted until the
   CD:SF-LOC guidelines have been finalized.
Proposed (Legacy)
20010912
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