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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.602Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1517

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2016-10-18T02:05:16.357

Link: CVE-1999-1517

cve-icon Redhat

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