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CVE-1999-1173

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 1998-12-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux creates a temporary working directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to (1) modify Word Perfect behavior by modifying files in the working directory, or (2) modify files of other users via a symlink attack.

Affected Platforms

Corel Wordperfect

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References