VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1499

CVSS score2.1 LOW

EPSS probability0.69%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published1998-04-10

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

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.