CVE-1999-1394

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1999-07-02 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1394, 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

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1394

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