CVE-1999-1572

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    CVE-1999-1572

    Published: 16 Jul 1996Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/14357, http://secunia.com/advisories/17063, http://secunia.com/advisories/17532, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032, http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High