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Unscored Public exploit CVE-1999-1490 EUVD-1999-1471GHSA-mvwf-xw7r-mvpr

xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.

Published Apr 2, 2003 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

xosview 1.5.1 in Red Hat 5.1 allows local users to gain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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