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CVE-1999-1572

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 1996-07-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Mandrakesoft Mandrake LinuxFreebsd FreebsdRedhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopDebian Debian LinuxUbuntu Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References