CVE-1999-1517

Published Nov 1, 1999

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C3518628-08E5-4AD7-AAF6-A4E38F1CDE2C"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References