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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1572 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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N/A
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Evaluator Solution

Fixed in rev 1.3 of cpio/main.c.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
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Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-1999-1572
NVD Published Date:
07/16/1996
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE