{"id":"CVE-1999-0959","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.","description":"IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.","publishedAt":"2000-07-12T04:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-01T16:55:29.368Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/469","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1634","http://www.osvdb.org/8447"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:20:56.399Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/1999/0xxx/CVE-1999-0959.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-1999-0959","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2000-07-12T04:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-01T16:55:29.368Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"1999-12-08T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980301-01-PX","name":"19980301-01-PX","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SGI"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/469","name":"469","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1634","name":"irix-startmidi-file-creation(1634)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/8447","name":"8447","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2005-11-02T10:00:00.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-1999-0959","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"19980301-01-PX","refsource":"SGI","url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980301-01-PX"},{"name":"469","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/469"},{"name":"irix-startmidi-file-creation(1634)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1634"},{"name":"8447","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/8447"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980301-01-PX","name":"19980301-01-PX","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SGI","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/469","name":"469","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1634","name":"irix-startmidi-file-creation(1634)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/8447","name":"8447","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-01T16:55:29.368Z"}}]}}}