CVE-1999-1103

Medium

Published: 03/04/1996(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.37%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

dxconsole in DEC OSF/1 3.2C and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file with the -file parameter.

Local users can access sensitive data, potentially leading to privacy breaches and security issues.

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to dxconsole only to trusted users.

Original NVD description (English source)

dxconsole in DEC OSF/1 3.2C and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files by specifying the file with the -file parameter.