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CVE-1999-1486

medium

Description

sadc in IBM AIX 4.1 through 4.3, when called from programs such as timex that are setgid adm, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76853&apar=only

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76330&apar=only

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX75554&apar=only

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7675

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/408

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/os/bos.acct.4.3.1.0.info

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-02-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00088