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CVE-1999-0566

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

An attacker can write to syslog files from any location, causing a denial of service by filling up the logs, and hiding activities.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: all versions

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0566
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0566

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