runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges, which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.
                
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.602Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1517
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Status : Deferred
Published: 1999-11-01T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1517
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