CVE-1999-1299 Privilege escalation in n/a
A low-privileged user can overwrite arbitrary files via rcp due to UID 65535 being interpreted as -1, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1299?
CVE-1999-1299 is a critical vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 12 Sep 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1299?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Linux, Slackware Slackware Linux.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1299?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1299 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1299 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2pr-xxm8-wv36.