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CVE-1999-1517

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1640%

EPSS Percentile27.17th

PublishedNov 1, 1999

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges, which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻

Freebsd

Freebsd

= 3.3

References & Advisories

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/750

🔗 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/750

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