{"id":"CVE-1999-1486","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-1486","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:47:48.398Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"1998-02-25T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.2,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ibm/aix"],"epss":{"score":0.00304,"percentile":0.22958,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/os/bos.acct.4.3.1.0.info","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX75554&apar=only","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76330&apar=only","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76853&apar=only","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/408","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7675","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/aix/fixes/v4/os/bos.acct.4.3.1.0.info","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX75554&apar=only","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76330&apar=only","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IX76853&apar=only","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/408","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7675","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1486","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}