CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0072

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

32th percentile - higher than 32% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives local users root access.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full privileges on the system, posing a serious security threat.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the AIX system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in AIX xdat gives root access to local users.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS