CVE-1999-1299
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
*Credits:
N/A
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Privileges Required
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Scope
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Attack Vector
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 1997-02-03 CVE Published
- 2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-01 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (1)
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| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420509&w=2 | Mailing List |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" | 4.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "4.0" | - |
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| Slackware Search vendor "Slackware" | Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" | 3.1 Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux" and version "3.1" | - |
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