CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1517

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.48%

37th percentile - higher than 37% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems allows runtar to execute tar with root privileges. A user can overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing target files to runtar.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves unauthorized access to sensitive data and modification of system files, which can lead to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to runtar and review user permissions in the system to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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