# CVE-1999-1288: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can exploit incorrect setgid permissions on the wsmbconf utility in Samba to read/write files and potentially escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-474f-x56w-f5p5

## What is CVE-1999-1288?

CVE-1999-1288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Samba 1.9.18 inadvertently includes a prototype application, wsmbconf, which is installed with incorrect permissions including the setgid bit, which allows local users to read and write files and possibly gain privileges via bugs in the program.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1288?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Caldera Openlinux, Redhat Linux, Samba Samba, Turbolinux Turbolinux.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1288?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-1288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux

- [CVE-2001-0850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0850/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0844/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0917/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0374/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0370/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1288/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1288

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1288/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.