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CVE-1999-1517 high

📛 Threat Title

CVE-1999-1517

Category: vulnerability Published: Source updated: First seen: Last updated: Source: NVD Recent CVEs

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.

Indicators of Compromise (0)

No indicators of compromise on this threat.

References (3)

  • cve@mitre.org NVD Recent CVEs
  • cve@mitre.org NVD Recent CVEs
  • NVD detail: CVE-1999-1517 NVD Recent CVEs

    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.

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