CVE-1999-1552

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 20, 1994

Updated: Sep 10, 2008

Summary

CVE-1999-1552 is a vulnerability affecting the dpsexec component of IBM AIX 3.2.5 and earlier versions. The issue lies in the DPS Server's insufficient privilege checking mechanism when running under XDM. This flaw enables local users to overwrite arbitrary files, potentially escalating their privileges and compromising the system.

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IBM AIX

Affected Vendors

IBM Corporation

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/NWlUgB
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1552
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1552

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