CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1299

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.84%

76th percentile - higher than 76% of all known CVEs

Summary

The vulnerability in rcp on various Linux systems, including Red Hat 4.0, allows the 'nobody' user or any user with UID 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files. UID 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, causing these calls to fail to change the file's ownership.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized file modifications, potentially leading to data loss or system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to rcp and monitor users with UID 65535 to prevent potential abuse.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS