Security Advisory

CVE-1999-1382

7.2

Vulnerability Description

NetWare NFS mode 1 and 2 implements the "Read Only" flag in Unix by changing the ownership of a file to root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a setuid program and setting it to "Read Only," which NetWare-NFS changes to a setuid root program.
Published Date December 31, 1999
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory