CVE-1999-0803
The fwluser script in AIX eNetwork Firewall allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The fwluser script in AIX eNetwork Firewall allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 May 1999
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/aix enetwork firewall
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.