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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-1999-0735 json

KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.

published 2000-01-04 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0716

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

KDE K-Mail allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in temporary user directories.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19240)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19240 Caldera kdenetwork 1.1.1-1 / Caldera OpenLinux 1.3/2.2 / KDE KDE 1.1/1.1. / RedHat Linux 6.0 - K-Mail File Creation local, 1999-06-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/300 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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