Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1499

Title: CVE-1999-1499

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1499

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 10, 1998

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1499: named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1499 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19072

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.