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.
Published: 2001-09-12
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1498 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.602Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1517

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1517

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