Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1517 - Unspecified vulnerability in Freebsd 3.3
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 1 |