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CVE-1999-1332

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—
Severity2.1Low · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.40 %higher than 33% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVSS

Base score
2.1
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.40 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
33
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Linux

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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