CVE-1999-1394 - BSD 4.4 based operating systems, when running at security level 1, allow the root user to clear the immutable and append-only flags for files by unmounting the file system and using a file system editor such as fsdb to directly modify the file through a device

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BSD 4.4 based operating systems, when running at security level 1, allow the root user to clear the immutable and append-only flags for files by unmounting the file system and using a file system editor such as fsdb to directly modify the file through a device

Published Sep 12, 2001

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.61%

Description

BSD 4.4 based operating systems, when running at security level 1, allow the root user to clear the immutable and append-only flags for files by unmounting the file system and using a file system editor such as fsdb to directly modify the file through a device.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93094058620450&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/510
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93094058620450&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/510		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1394

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1394

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-1394