CVE-1999-1355

critical

Description

BMC Patrol component, when installed with Compaq Insight Management Agent 4.23 and earlier, or Management Agents for Servers 4.40 and earlier, creates a PFCUser account with a default password and potentially dangerous privileges.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3231

http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/management/advisory.html

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=94183795025294&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93759822430801&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93654336516711&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93542118727732&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00743