Unscored severity · published Feb 3, 1997
CVE-1999-1299
rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown…
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CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
SL
Slackware Linux · Slackware
3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1299
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1299
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420509&w=2
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