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TI-1999-01247 Aliases CVE-1999-1299GHSA-h2pr-xxm8-wv36

rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user…

Priority MEDIUM 47Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0184 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableSlackware
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Slackware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1299
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h2pr-xxm8-wv36

References

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Sources

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