CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1208

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.77%

51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the ping tool in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the AIX system to a newer version that is not vulnerable to this flaw and to restrict access to the ping tool for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ping in AIX 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

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