CVE-1999-1382

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NetWare NFS mode 1 and 2 implements the "Read Only" flag in Unix by changing the ownership of a file to root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a setuid program and setting it to "Read Only," which NetWare-NFS changes to a setuid root program.

Affected products

Novell Netware: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88427711321769&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90295697702474&w=2
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2940551
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7246.php
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88427711321769&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90295697702474&w=2
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/tidfinder.cgi?2940551
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7246.php

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