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PUBLISHED DATE: January 1, 1998CVE-1999-0114:
Local users can execute...

CVSS:
4.6
EPSS:
12.60%
Exploitability:
3.9
In KEV:
No
Description

Local users can execute commands as other users, and read other users' files, through the filter command in the Elm elm-2.4 mail package using a symlink attack.

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