CVE-1999-1572
Debian Debian Linux — NVD-CWE-Other
EPSS 0.1%
- Published: 1996-07-16T04:00:00.000
- Last modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
- Vendors: Debian, Redhat, Ubuntu
- Products: Debian Linux, Enterpri, Ubuntu Linux
- CWE: NVD-CWE-Other
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.
Related CVE by CWE
No related CWE found.
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- CVE-1999-0390 (no score)
- CVE-2000-1220 (no score)
- CVE-1999-0405 (no score)
- CVE-1999-0297 (no score)
- CVE-1999-0768 (no score)
Recently Exploited Similar Vulnerabilities
No recent KEV-listed items for this vendor/product.
How to fix CVE-1999-1572
CVE-1999-1572 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting Debian Debian Linux.
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. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorCVE-1999-0043 (CVSS 9.8)CVE-1999-0038 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running Debian Linux
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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. Related CVE by CWENo related CWE found.Top CVE for VendorCVE-1999-0043 (CVSS 9.8)CVE-1999-0038 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running Debian Linux
2 Immediate actions
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
CWE: NVD-CWE-Other
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
HARD
Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
Public Exploits: Rare or not public
Vulnerability Timeline
Jul 16, 1996
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Apr 03, 2025
Last Modified
CVE details were updated
Oct 30, 2025
Imported to Database
Added to this CVE tracking system
Detection Rules & IOCs
No specific detection rules generated for this vulnerability type.
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14357 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17063 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17532 []
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf []
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664 []
- http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391 [Exploit]
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032 []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html []
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/ []
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167 []
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888 []
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14357 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17063 []
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17532 []
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf []
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664 []
- http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391 [Exploit]
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:032 []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-080.html []
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html []
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/ []
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167 []
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888 []
No explicit mitigation/advisory links found in references.