CVE-1999-1517 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the runtar utility of the Amanda backup system, affecting various UNIX operating systems, including FreeBSD. The flaw allows a local attacker to read or overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating the input provided to runtar, which executes with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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