CVE-1999-1079

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program.

Vulnerability in ptrace in AIX 4.3 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching to a setgid program.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 25 years ago

1999-05-06 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:01:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 3.2.5

3.2.5

IBM AIX 4.1

4.1

IBM AIX 4.1.1

4.1.1

IBM AIX 4.1.2

4.1.2

IBM AIX 4.1.3

4.1.3

IBM AIX 4.1.4

4.1.4

IBM AIX 4.1.5

4.1.5

IBM AIX 4.2

4.2

IBM AIX 4.2.1

4.2.1

IBM AIX 4.3

4.3

IBM AIX 4.3.2

4.3.2

References

19990506 AIX Security Fixes Update

19990825 AIX security summary

439

Patch, Vendor Advisory

IX80470

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