CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1288

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1998-11-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1998-11-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Samba 1.9.18 inadvertently includes a prototype application, wsmbconf, which is installed with incorrect permissions including the setgid bit, which allows local users to read and write files and possibly gain privileges via bugs in the program.

Affected configurations

• samba samba 1.9.18 • caldera openlinux 1.0 • caldera openlinux 1.1 • caldera openlinux 1.2 • caldera openlinux 1.3 • redhat linux • turbolinux turbolinux

References