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CVE-1999-1572
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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.55%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 20050204 [USN-75-1] cpio vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- cpio-o-archive-insecure-permissions(19167) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2005-0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10888 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 14357 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- DSA-664 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:806 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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