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CVE-1999-1299

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 1.84%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1997-02-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-1999-1299
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
1.84%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.