CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1460

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.92%

55th percentile - higher than 55% of all known CVEs

Summary

BMC PATROL SNMP Agent before 3.2.07 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files as root by specifying the target file as the second argument to the snmpmagt program.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system and potential takeover by local users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade BMC PATROL SNMP Agent to version 3.2.07 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

BMC PATROL SNMP Agent before 3.2.07 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files as root by specifying the target file as the second argument to the snmpmagt program.

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