CVE-1999-1541: Cactus Software Shell-Lock

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

shell-lock in Cactus Software Shell Lock allows local users to read or modify decoded shell files before they are executed, via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected products

• Cactus Software Shell-Lock: any version

Published 1999-10-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.