CVE-1999-1013

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

named-xfer in AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1 allows members of the system group to overwrite system files to gain root access via the -f parameter and a malformed zone file.

named-xfer in AIX 4.1.5 and 4.2.1 allows members of the system group to overwrite system files to gain root access via the -f parameter and a malformed zone file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 25 years ago

1999-09-23 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:00:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 4.1.5

4.1.5

IBM AIX 4.2.1

4.2.1

References

19990923 named-xfer hole on AIX (fwd)

673

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