CVE-1999-1288

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1998-11-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1288, 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

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1288

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