CVE-1999-1125

Summary

CVE-1999-1125 is a vulnerability affecting Oracle Webserver 2.1 and earlier versions. The issue arises due to the setuid root permission on the webserver, which is owned by the oracle account. This misconfiguration allows both local and remote attackers who manage to gain access to the oracle account to elevate privileges or modify arbitrary files by manipulating the configuration file. Consequently, attackers can potentially execute malicious code or cause significant damage to the system. This vulnerability underscores the importance of proper file ownership and configuration management to maintain the security of web applications and their underlying systems.

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