CVE-1999-1517

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges, which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-11-01 CVE Published
2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
2023-08-13 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
2024-08-01 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/750	2024-08-01

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				3.3 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "3.3"		-		Affected