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
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Linux
Redhat
Linux
Vendor
Slackware
Product
Slackware Linux
Slackware
Slackware Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
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Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
