CVE-1999-1405

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Fixed in AIX 4.3 and 4.3.2 AIX 4.3.x APAR: IX88263 AIX 4.2.x APAR: IX88261

snap command in AIX before 4.3.2 creates the /tmp/ibmsupt directory with world-readable permissions and does not remove or clear the directory when snap -a is executed, which could allow local users to access the shadowed password file by creating /tmp/ibmsupt/general/passwd before root runs snap -a.

Fixed in AIX 4.3 and 4.3.2 AIX 4.3.x APAR: IX88263 AIX 4.2.x APAR: IX88261

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM AIX

First reported 26 years ago

1999-02-17 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:04:00

Affected Software

IBM AIX 3.2.5

3.2.5

IBM AIX 4.1

4.1

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

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