CVE-1999-1382: Novell Netware

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NetWare NFS mode 1 and 2 implements the "Read Only" flag in Unix by changing the ownership of a file to root, which allows local users to gain root privileges by creating a setuid program and setting it to "Read Only," which NetWare-NFS changes to a setuid root program.

Affected products

• Novell Netware: any version

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.