VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1121
The default configuration for UUCP in AIX before 3.2 allows local users to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.90%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The default configuration for UUCP in AIX before 3.2 allows local users to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.90% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-06.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/891
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/554
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-06.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/891
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/554
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.