CVE-1999-1572

N/A Unknown
Published: July 16, 1996 Modified: April 16, 2026
View on NVD

Description

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/14357
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17063
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
34th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

debian redhat freebsd ubuntu mandrakesoft