CVE-1999-1299
CVSS 10.0 - HIGH
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.
Affected Products
2| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | linux |
4.0
|
| slackware | slackware_linux |
3.1
|
References
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-1999-1299- Published:
- 1997-02-03
- Modified:
- 2026-04-16
- CVSS Score:
- 10.0
- Severity:
- HIGH
- Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected Vendors
redhat
slackware
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL