CVE-1999-1288
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.5% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-1999-1269)
- Published
- November 19, 1998
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-1999-1269 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 1, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- caldera / openlinux
- caldera / openlinux
- caldera / openlinux
- caldera / openlinux
- redhat / linux
- samba / samba
- turbolinux / turbolinux
Certified products that may be affected
26 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 EUS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11379-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4498 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3939 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3891 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 3892 - historical
See all 26 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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