CVE-1999-1382

CVE-1999-1382 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Novell NetWare NFS mode 1 and 2. The flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting how NetWare NFS handles the "Read Only" flag; it changes file ownership to root, enabling a malicious user to create a setuid program that becomes a setuid root program. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this old CVE.