CVE-1999-0473

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1999-04-07 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0473, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The rsync command before rsync 2.3.1 may inadvertently change the permissions of the client's working directory to the permissions of the directory being transferred.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0473

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N