CVE-1999-1572

high

Description

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.

References

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http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1553

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf

http://secunia.com/advisories/17532

http://secunia.com/advisories/17063

http://secunia.com/advisories/14357

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1996-07-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00551