CVE-1999-1517

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…

published September 12, 2001

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00474 · 40.0th percentile
Published
2001-09-12T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 04:00Z
    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…
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