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    CVE-1999-1299

    rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a "nobody" user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.

    Published:Feb 3, 1997
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 12, 2001
    EPSS Score:0.00483
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Slackware
    Product
    Slackware Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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